Breaker-breaker [RE-wrenches]

Doug Pratt dmpratt at sbcglobal.net
Sat Nov 6 20:51:23 PST 2004


 

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Matt- given the corrosive rain forest environment in Costa Rica, and the
relatively low cost of breakers and panel boxes (compared to getting you
on-site), I'd be pretty tempted to simply pack a new breaker panel and
breakers when you go. Sounds like a poor connection between the bus bars
and breaker. In this environment, and since it's the main breaker
handling a lot of amperage, I wouldn't be surprised to find the bus bars
pretty well eaten. 

Enjoy the trip you poor boy :)
Cheers,
Doug

-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Tritt [mailto:solarone at charter.net] 
Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 11:03 AM
To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
Subject: Breaker-breaker [RE-wrenches]

Fellow Watt heads,

I have a client in the wilds of Costa Rica who called this morning with
a breaker problem. She has a 25 year old 15 kW hydro system (AC), a 10
year old DR and some kind of 8 kW Diesel genset that eventually feed a
breaker panel, which is well protected from the massively corrosive
environment inside a concrete bodega with a heated wooden inner storage
room. They system works flawlessly, except for the building panel.

There is no evidence of rust or any other corrosion in this room but the
main breaker, which I'm told is a Cutler Hammer E55-96 two pole 230
unit, only works after "moving it around with a screwdriver". Ahem.

The wires appear to be in good shape feeding this breaker and the
breaker itself seems solidly fixed with no signs of cracks or chips.

The problem is that (if they are giving me the right numbers off the
device) I can't seem to find any corresponding model numbers or anything
even close. I'm told that the only other number on this unit is the
spec. number LK 3227.

Any ideas???? I have to head down there pretty soon to perform some
exploratory surgery on a number of systems in the area, so I need to
locate a part or source of parts ASAP. Any suggestions would be greatly
appreciated!

Matt T

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