• Welcome to the new and improved Building Code Forum. We appreciate you being here and hope that you are getting the information that you need concerning all codes of the building trades. This is a free forum to the public due to the generosity of the Sawhorses, Corporate Supporters and Supporters who have upgraded their accounts. If you would like to have improved access to the forum please upgrade to Sawhorse by first logging in then clicking here: Upgrades

contaminant..what is it?

ICE

ICE

Oh Well
Joined
Jun 23, 2011
Messages
12,913
Location
California
The picture was sent by an inspector. The job is a residential service panel upgrade that is on the exterior of the building. The location is southern California 45 miles from the ocean.

Have no clue as to what it is or what caused it. It is showing up in seven spots on the breakers. Anyone have an answer?

Resized_20220121_111826(1)001.jpeg

Resized_20220121_111826(1)001 2.jpeg
 
That seems to be a issue that Siemens seems to be known for, it seems to be the compound that they use to prevent tampering with the screw used for calibrating the breaker, not sure if it was common to earlier design Gould/ITE, & ITE breakers that were introduced about 1979.
 
  • Like
Reactions: ICE
Norcal said:
That seems to be a issue that Siemens seems to be known for, it seems to be the compound that they use to prevent tampering with the screw used for calibrating the breaker, not sure if it was common to earlier design Gould/ITE, & ITE breakers that were introduced about 1979.
Click to expand...
Thanks,
I'll pass that along to the inspector.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top