Look at my electric panel

[shipwrecked]

See what I see?



I didn’t do it!

I opened the panel today to fin a place I can run so,e wore to my air compressor. I haven’t done it yet, but saw that and was like WTFO!

Pre ious owner was a nice enough guy but sort of a village idiot.

[oldsmiley]

WOW.....good thing you caught it before you smelled smoke.

Been there myself.

[FarmMotorSports]

That damage is on the non feed end of ONE buss bar. I would have NO problem whatsoever using that panel, IF that is the only damage.

Make a note to your self not to use the top two breaker slots in your panel. And you still have a lots of open slots for breakers...

[slick4x4]

Yea.... I was trying to see why you were concerned
Top has some arcing marks .... I’m no certified electrician....
But the rest looks fine

[shipwrecked]

Previous owner a bit of a village idiot.

[FarmMotorSports]

That is assuming that all that blue electrical tape is for identification of wires, not to cover up degraded, brittle falling off, insulation on the wiring itself... it's hard to tell without checking the box in person.


I've seen much worse, inspect, research, then repair only what you need to. It is the joys of home ownership, don't ask me how I have learned that....

[6166 Junkyard Dog]

April that does remind me of a 1972 we brought in and every wire in the truck was RED,, What a mess trying to sort out

[Lowell]

I was also concerned with the blue tape. has the insulation been melted from an overload?

[6166 Junkyard Dog]

if you look closely at the blue tape you will see a black wire taped and a red wire comes out the other end

[slick4x4]

I think the blue tape was put on there as a marker
Not for a bandage
All the blue goes to 220 breakers

[castruck_1964]

those could also be the 120 split recptacles in the kitchen

[Alan Mclennan]

Blue tape is s posed to be good for keeping smoke in... isn't it ?

[shipwrecked]

Lol right! I still need to purchase materials for the electric portion of my compressor,

Oh and I may get some copper pipe and do a nice air drop set up around... making a few drain points.