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Old 6/29/09, 9:42 PM
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This zinsco panel has two different color bus bars, is this normal for these panels?
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This is a split-bus panel. The bus bars look the same to me, maybe a bit more oxidation on one side.



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Old 6/30/09, 8:03 AM
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One looks CU and the other AL to me, just never seen that befor.




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One looks CU and the other AL to me, just never seen that befor.
Its really hard to tell from the pictures, but I think I agree with Jeff. I think one has slightly oxidized more. (But the contrast in pictures is really hard sometimes.)



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Old 6/30/09, 11:26 AM
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One looks CU and the other AL to me, just never seen that befor.
There were panels made with CU bus bars, and others made with AL, but I have never seen them mixed in the same panel unless it was a modification after the original installation.

In any case, this would not be a defect in itself.



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