by Jerry Peck - Codeman on Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:42 am
That's the FPE version of a split bus panel - the 70 amp in the top main section serves as the main for the lower portion of the panel, the lower portion of the panel is de-energized when that 70 amp breaker is flipped to 'off'.
Note the double pole thin breaker in the top main section - that should be replaced with a full-sized breaker as that location is not made for the thin breakers, plus, that now opens up two more breaker slots in the main section, which currently has 6 mains, but now has openings for two more mains ... not good.
Another thing which looks really screwy in there is the uninsulated neutral/grounding conductor with the service entrance conductors (being uninsulated for that use is okay), It looks like some of the strands of that conductor were split off and are run to the grounding bushing, which means that the remaining strands of the neutral conductor of the service entrance conductors are of an 'unknown size'.
You wrote up the other items in there too, I am sure. Besides, it is an FPE, so it will all go away when it is replaced with a new panel.
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