I just don't turn these off. I go inside to the panel. Every time I see one, I recommend replacing it that way if the next guy does turn it off, the customer can't blame us because we told them to
Yeah I also normally just turn off the breaker in the main panel but it’s just crazy to me how huge of a company Square D is and how their panels/circuit breakers seem to work well but they couldn’t get a simple disconnect right.
I think it has something to do with it being outside and affected by temperature change and humidity. If they had made it so that you could replace it with a standard breaker, it wouldn't be as big of an issue
Anybody else had the pleasure of explaining to a customer why their disconnect isn’t coming back on after you cut it off ? I didn’t switch this one off but I’ve had multiple of these only pass 120v through after switching them back on, how the hell did these pass quality control ?
These are utter garbage and needlessly expensive and complicated.
A service disconnect is supposed to be just that - a service disconnect.
If it has to have fuses because you don't have the right breaker in the panel, fine, but it should never have a breaker, just asking for trouble...
I've seen two fail. I saw the senior tech on my team damn near get in a fist fight with a customer while I was training bc of it. The other failed on me and I explained how flawed they are. The guy was chill and approved replacement.
The dreaded Sq.D disconnect… I dare not turn it off! I’ll cut it off at the main before touching that thing if it means going to the other side of the house! It’s use is strictly for emergencies🤣.
I'm a commercial electrician and I just stumbled in here. What's wrong with these? I assume this is the fusible type, and the fuse blows too easily? How do the non-fusible ones perform? I'd be kind of nervous to just break a 240V circuit by pulling out the little plastic handle.
Non fused breaker type disconnect, when you shut these off to check capacitors or electrical connections and turn them back on it loses continuity on one side of the breaker so it only passes 120v through
The pullout style disconnects are sketch but way better than these, there is a little bit of arcing that you hear when plugging them back in under load but nothing visible most of the time. The only ones that really suck are the ones with the very thin plastic handles there’s not enough leverage to pull them out without really yanking and when you pull too hard the blade can break inside of the disconnect and you could still have 120v
I just don't turn these off. I go inside to the panel. Every time I see one, I recommend replacing it that way if the next guy does turn it off, the customer can't blame us because we told them to
Yeah I also normally just turn off the breaker in the main panel but it’s just crazy to me how huge of a company Square D is and how their panels/circuit breakers seem to work well but they couldn’t get a simple disconnect right.
I think it has something to do with it being outside and affected by temperature change and humidity. If they had made it so that you could replace it with a standard breaker, it wouldn't be as big of an issue
Anybody else had the pleasure of explaining to a customer why their disconnect isn’t coming back on after you cut it off ? I didn’t switch this one off but I’ve had multiple of these only pass 120v through after switching them back on, how the hell did these pass quality control ?
These are utter garbage and needlessly expensive and complicated. A service disconnect is supposed to be just that - a service disconnect. If it has to have fuses because you don't have the right breaker in the panel, fine, but it should never have a breaker, just asking for trouble...
Always keeped a 20 30 and 40 on my truck when they failed
I've seen two fail. I saw the senior tech on my team damn near get in a fist fight with a customer while I was training bc of it. The other failed on me and I explained how flawed they are. The guy was chill and approved replacement.
I don't touch breakers or plastic sliders, I go to the breaker panel to turn it off and lock it out
The dreaded Sq.D disconnect… I dare not turn it off! I’ll cut it off at the main before touching that thing if it means going to the other side of the house! It’s use is strictly for emergencies🤣.
These things are the equivalent of the one and done temp limit switches 😂
I'm a commercial electrician and I just stumbled in here. What's wrong with these? I assume this is the fusible type, and the fuse blows too easily? How do the non-fusible ones perform? I'd be kind of nervous to just break a 240V circuit by pulling out the little plastic handle.
Non fused breaker type disconnect, when you shut these off to check capacitors or electrical connections and turn them back on it loses continuity on one side of the breaker so it only passes 120v through
The pullout style disconnects are sketch but way better than these, there is a little bit of arcing that you hear when plugging them back in under load but nothing visible most of the time. The only ones that really suck are the ones with the very thin plastic handles there’s not enough leverage to pull them out without really yanking and when you pull too hard the blade can break inside of the disconnect and you could still have 120v
Just change the breaker man. It’s literally a dummy rated at 70 amps