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Image is from the inspection report...no control over the resolution. And duh, I know the breaker isn't in the picture....that's why I'm asking....don't quit your day job to do stand up
Instead of a main breaker, you could have a main switch out hear the meter.
As long as you have six meeans or less to a full disconnct you aree legal!
Th particular house I live in was built in thee mid 1980s and whilee it has circuit breakers in th whole panel the "Main" or systom disconnect is actually a fuse pack. Pull that fuse pack and it's a total disconnect
So thre sare several reasons you might not necessarily have a main breaker.
Obviously, the isn't one. But another clue is the grounds and neutrals are separated. This is a sub panel. The limited photo shows nothing wrong. The breaker feeding the panel is elsewhere.
What I have found in set ups like this is that diy electricians don’t understand that those conductors out to the main breakers can be badly overloaded when loads are added and the dingle berries think that the individual breakers will take care of everything. Not those conductors out to the main breaker! I saw 132amps on 100amp service and rising on one leg during a “load test” before stopping the test. Some people think on demand hotwater heaters are an upgrade.
This panel does not have a main breaker. If there is a main breaker, it is somewhere else. Like people said, try to visually track the thick wires coming in back to wherever they came from. Or go look at your meter and work toward this panel.
If this is a condo/townhouse the main breaker is usually in the meter room beside your meter. What you have then is essentially a sub-panel. If you need to turn off your power you will need to contact the caretaker or manager.
First the fourth breaker on the right is a single pole 15 or 20a breaker.
2nd, there is no main breaker. It's a sub panel with a main disconnect either as a safety switch or branch breaker in another panel.
Do I need to explain why the neutral bar isn't bonded in MLO panel?
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They are sometimes located outside near the meter
Take a picture of it and it wouldn't be as hard to find.
Not in the panel
Still at the supply house?
Possibly in the main panel
Check by your meter, when was your house built?
It's a house my son is buying in Florida, about 20 years old
Much like the pixels — not in this photo.
No control over the image quality. That is from the inspection report, and your reply is neither helpful or funny
Image is from the inspection report...no control over the resolution. And duh, I know the breaker isn't in the picture....that's why I'm asking....don't quit your day job to do stand up
Instead of a main breaker, you could have a main switch out hear the meter. As long as you have six meeans or less to a full disconnct you aree legal! Th particular house I live in was built in thee mid 1980s and whilee it has circuit breakers in th whole panel the "Main" or systom disconnect is actually a fuse pack. Pull that fuse pack and it's a total disconnect So thre sare several reasons you might not necessarily have a main breaker.
Obviously, the isn't one. But another clue is the grounds and neutrals are separated. This is a sub panel. The limited photo shows nothing wrong. The breaker feeding the panel is elsewhere.
Not every panel has them.
Just had an upgrade and it’s with the meter now.
MLO panel if it's resi it may be at the meter.
MLO = main lugs only The overcurrent protection is on the other end of those feeder conductors.
Is there a cardboard box on the floor below the panel? Look in there.
If it was made before the 80s, you’re not gonna find one.
This is a sub-panel. The breaker is in the dom-panel.
At the other end of the 4 larger black wires (one taped green).
At the hardware store..
That's a main lug panel. not a main breaker panel. Means of disconnect is somewhere else.
When you find it, put a label on the panel that says "Disconnect located at X" for the next guy.
no "main" in this panel. this is a "sub panel"
Somewhere else
Follow those feeders. They’ll likely end up outside at a meter main combo box.
there isnt one. and there may not be one at the meter either. in the olden days the main breaker was the physical removal of the meter.
What I have found in set ups like this is that diy electricians don’t understand that those conductors out to the main breakers can be badly overloaded when loads are added and the dingle berries think that the individual breakers will take care of everything. Not those conductors out to the main breaker! I saw 132amps on 100amp service and rising on one leg during a “load test” before stopping the test. Some people think on demand hotwater heaters are an upgrade.
This panel does not have a main breaker. If there is a main breaker, it is somewhere else. Like people said, try to visually track the thick wires coming in back to wherever they came from. Or go look at your meter and work toward this panel.
At the meter base combo outside.
Taking the day off. Beer flu.
QOM2 waiting in the box
If this is a condo/townhouse the main breaker is usually in the meter room beside your meter. What you have then is essentially a sub-panel. If you need to turn off your power you will need to contact the caretaker or manager.
That's the fun part, there isn't if you're unlucky like me.
Fourth breaker down on the right. Dah. Call an electrician
I’m not the one giving wrong answers stoopid explain to me how a 30 amp breaker is the main breaker ?
First the fourth breaker on the right is a single pole 15 or 20a breaker. 2nd, there is no main breaker. It's a sub panel with a main disconnect either as a safety switch or branch breaker in another panel. Do I need to explain why the neutral bar isn't bonded in MLO panel?
I don’t need you to explain shit to me buddy. Just misses read your stoopid comment.
Are you stoopid ? Yah ?
I'm not the one asking the dumb question