2006-08-09 04:08:58 · 6 answers · asked by MARK P 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
►►Not recommended for the casual homeowner◄◄
I strongly suggest you have a qualified electrician do this for you.
(Disclaimer: There's enough amperage at the main circuit box to kill you).
**First and Foremost**
-Turn off the power to the house by turning off the main disconnect.
Remove the front plate of the main circuit box, usually about 6 screws.
The circuit breaker should just unsnap from the junction box.
Snap in another breaker with the same amperage.
Reassemble and turn on the main breaker.
Inquire in the electrical department of your local hardware store, if you have ANY questions.
2006-08-09 04:12:22 · answer #1 · answered by Mitch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First know the parts you are dealing with. The circuit breaker is plugged into a hot bar. Do'nt touch the bar.
You may want to protect yourself by putting on rubber gloves for this, but it's quite easy.
Loosen the screw which holds the wire into the breaker. Pull the wire out and away. Label it if necessary.
Pry up on the breaker from the inside. It will come out of the bar on which it is plugged at an angle. The front edge of the breaker is probably seated in a holder edging of sorts which causes the breaker to pull out the way it does.
Replace the breaker in the opposite order.
2006-08-09 04:12:24 · answer #2 · answered by Marvinator 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most house bkrs are snap in and out. pull the end toward the middle of the pnl out and let it rock to the outside a bit. there's a hook of some kind on the outside that holds the bkr in place but a small movement will release it. square D bkrs have a snap over instead of the hook but the same motion will remove them as well but they will come out with a stright pull too. you may kill the main if you wish but with snap in bkrs its mot really needed unless you feel more comfortable doing it. if by chance you have a pnl with bolt on bkrs that kill the mains before removing a branch bkr. i usually move the branch wire after the bkr is removed and install it on the new one before i install it. i find it easier than trying to work around all the other bkrs and the hot connections there.
2006-08-09 06:23:14 · answer #3 · answered by glen t 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is advisable to turn main breaker off. Remove old breaker, (should be a screw securing the wire) unscrew and remove the wire, screw wire into new breaker and replace. turn main breaker back on.
2006-08-09 04:15:56 · answer #4 · answered by jodycat2@verizon.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They pull straight out and the new one can be plugged into the opening, They have reverse plugs just like an extension cord.
2006-08-09 04:13:54 · answer #5 · answered by dhebert244 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
forget about it........ you'll zap your eye out kid
2006-08-09 04:12:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋