Re: Switch

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Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <tesla123-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Yep,  very good! I've used breakers as switches just fine. I actually
changed at one
point to a relay contacter powered via dc bridge setup, but a little rf got
to it
during one run and burned it up good. Since then, I'm back to breakers.
Breakers are
perfect because it's simple. I keep the higher rating at the wall and a
slightly lower
rating at the control panel which also acts as a switch. Because I run 240VAC,
dual-trip breakers are used for safety. Works just fine and should I trip a
breaker,
it's the control panel switch/breaker that is right there with me.

Bart A.

Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
<Jbryantmou-at-aol-dot-com>
>
> Does it have to be a "switch" necessarily.  Would a circuit breaker with
> that rating work just as well.  For 240, they usually take two 120's and
> pin them together so when one is tripped, it trips the other one as well.
> There's no reason (functionally) that you couldn't use them as a switch.