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How do I turn off power to the whole house? (infosec.pub)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by akilou@sh.itjust.works to c/electricians@lemmy.world

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I need to replace a faulty breaker. Here's a picture of my main breaker box. There's no master switch that I can see that shuts off power to all of the breakers.

Following the line up and out of the box, it runs along the basement ceiling and out through a hole in the foundation.

Let me know if you need to see something else.

Edit. Resolved! I found a master switch on the outside of the house in a panel adjacent to the meter. Weird that anyone can just walk up to my house and turn all of the power off.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Nothing a good wad of C-4 can’t fix.

[–] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 1 points 5 months ago

It's simply you unplug the one thingy you have at the bottom center of the image, and you're good!

[–] x00z@lemmy.world -3 points 5 months ago

I guess it's the 70 amp one.

That would make the:

15 amps for lighting
20 amps for room sockets
30 amps for washing machine and kitchen appliances

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip -4 points 5 months ago

If you don't need to turn the power back on, you can turn off all the power by throwing a gallon or two of water at it.

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