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I plumber I used to have do work for me told me a story about the first time he installed one: when he first turned it on, it blew a fuse at the substation a c
by repiret 3y ago
I plumber I used to have do work for me told me a story about the first time he installed one: when he first turned it on, it blew a fuse at the substation a couple miles away.
A few years later I got to know the person whose house it was installed in. And when the homeowner was talking about it he complained that the plumber didn’t install a big enough one and he had to have it redone.
- acquacow 3y agoThat certainly shouldn't be able to happen. The top of panel breaker should pop with a large enough load, and the mains on the street can handle quite a number of homes with supply. There's no way a single in-home unit should/could pop anything at a substation. The component at the substation likely just failed at that time.
- xattt 3y agoI am wondering if there were no household loads on that circuit that had that level of in-rush current, the component was on its way out, and the new load pushed it over the edge.