TSNBDSC Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Looks like a cutoff for some appliance. Not an elegant solution but depending on the situation not necessarily against code either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoTier Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Electricity and water don't mix. I can't believe that there could be any situation would make this set up "not necessarily against code" but that's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 I don't see the big deal. They're breakers. If they get wet, they'll trip. No harm; no foul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 21 minutes ago, SoTier said: Electricity and water don't mix. I can't believe that there could be any situation would make this set up "not necessarily against code" but that's just me. How does a dishwasher operate without the combination of electricity and water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoTier Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 6 minutes ago, /dev/null said: How does a dishwasher operate without the combination of electricity and water? I don't know about your kitchen, but my DW is plugged into an outlet with all the wiring behind the wall. I don't have a breaker box under my sink to control the dishwasher or any other appliance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 35 minutes ago, Gugny said: I don't see the big deal. They're breakers. If they get wet, they'll trip. No harm; no foul. There are two sides to every breaker. The incoming side and the load side. Things go wrong, the incoming side is probably still hot. That and it takes very little current to kill someone. A regular breaker is not going to save you. Hence the development of the ground fault breaker. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 28 minutes ago, SoTier said: I don't know about your kitchen, but my DW is plugged into an outlet with all the wiring behind the wall. I don't have a breaker box under my sink to control the dishwasher or any other appliance. Fair enough. There's more than one way to power a dishwasher. But you are still mixing power and water. The power cable runs into an outlet which is wired into your homes electrical system. If I had to venture a guess that outlet is fed via bare romex behind drywall In my kitchen, the dishwasher is wired into a junction box under the sink like the picture above. Rather than separating the power and water via drywall the romex is run thru watertight flex and all connections are made within an approved electrical junction box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 1 hour ago, /dev/null said: How does a dishwasher operate without the combination of electricity and water? In my house, she turns on the water and washes the !@#$ing dishes. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Things can go wrong in the breaker box. I was washing clothes once and I heard a buzz and a flash from where the breaker box was This was in a room about 15 feet away from The washer and dryer. When the landlord expect inspected he box, he found that the bus had become loose and shorted out the box the bar were all the wires connected had melted. It's a piercer overtime one of the lawyers has loosened up and Caused a short. Thank God I was home at the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Shocking news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 So did we have an electrician come in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadingpain Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 15 hours ago, /dev/null said: How does a dishwasher operate without the combination of electricity and water? How about a nuclear submarine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 15 hours ago, Greybeard said: There are two sides to every breaker. The incoming side and the load side. Things go wrong, the incoming side is probably still hot. That and it takes very little current to kill someone. A regular breaker is not going to save you. Hence the development of the ground fault breaker. and all sub panels are on the other end of a breaker. as someone else said, not ideal but .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 3 hours ago, Fadingpain said: How about a nuclear submarine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasons1992 Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 19 hours ago, TSNBDSC said: What hotel is that, so I know never to stay there, EVER? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Here is a video of what happens when an arc flash occurs. In this case I believe it is a 480 V circuit which is common in the US. Higher voltages make it worse. I am guessing most here have never heard of this. Work in a factory? You have all kinds of circuits around that operate on this voltage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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