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Old 4/25/07, 5:42 PM
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Default Double pole breaker with one wire.
This electric furnace in a manufactured home has only one wire on the disconnect breakers. Seems unusual to me, is it OK?
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Looks like that furnace has had a fair amount of field modification.
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I agree with Marc. Perhaps the empty side of the 50 amp. breaker has gone bad and the apparent splice below it bypasses that phase to complete the 240v circuit.
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The breaker looks like it is turned off.

Looks like one bank of heaters have been abandoned.
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It has definitely been wired around the breaker for some reason. The installation is not safe. There will always be 120v to ground.
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Thanks for the input.
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