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A breaker has bare live metal exposed inside that will shock you if you touch it. Maybe newer designs don't, but mine does.

• quesera 4y ago
  Right, just like a lightswitch. But in both cases, only if you open the protective enclosure with a screwdriver.
  • jimmaswell 4y ago
    Mine has no such enclosure, just a door that takes no tools to open.
    • quesera 4y ago
      That might be a 1960s-70s-era Zinsco. If so, you should get it replaced right away. Easy access to the internals is the least of your concerns -- these panels are unsafe as designed, and responsible for much fire and death.
    • dylan604 4y ago
      Yikes! Did this pass an inspection like that? I'd highly suggest moving this higher up on the TODO list. Whether its a panel that needs replacing or just a cover needs to be replaced, it should be corrected. Please, don't become a statistic! </randoInternetNanny>
      • jimmaswell 4y ago
        I have no idea when's the last time an inspector saw this place. It's a mobile home manufactured in the 60s so a lot of lax code is probably grandfathered in. The panel is too high and out of the way for a child to reach and I'm smart enough not to touch it. I imagine whoever I sell the house to is going to demolish it anyway.
        • jyounker 4y ago
          In other words, contemporaneous with the Chevy Corvair, and pre-dating most modern safety regulations.
          • dylan604 4y ago
            Hey! I liked my Corvair. I learned how to drive in a Corvair. It was also the car father/son project where I learned I had no interest in being a grease monkey.