Pushmatic Heat over 105º

[Harvey L. Gordon]

At a condo I did yesterday 3 of the breakers exceeded 105º...the rest of the panel was 78 to 83º...any issues?

[Jeffrey R. Pope]

Trust your gut Harvey. I would say yes.

Besides the fact that it's an obsolete panel, a warm circuit could indicate high resistance in the circuit or possibly too much load on the circuit.

[gbeaumont]

Harvey,

I agree with Jeff completely, some breakers will always run warmer than others (GFCI's for example) but a 30 degree jump is unusual. I would recommend further evaluation by an Electrician.

Regards

Gerry

[Jeffrey S. Campbell]

we had one recently that was 2x the average of the rest... i believe it was 65 and 130... realtor immediately called an electrician friend of his who stopped by and evaluated... stated it was due to a couple of electric space heaters the owners were using... I wrote it up anyway...

I am sure in FL you have those space heaters on all the time... LOL