Depends. If they look like little "coffee pot" switches then they are just switches. If they look more like a breaker and are mount with the operator through a hole in the panel with 2 screws o either side then it is a breaker. If it is a breaker then loosening the screws and removing the unit will reveal an amperage marking. If it is a switch then the breaker is elsewhere. My 37+ has a switch panel that makes a very clean and compact power distribution panel. Behind the panel is a row of breakers and terminal boards that provide the over current protection. I'll share pics off list.
Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Wed, Apr 22, 2020, 12:19 David Knecht via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I always tell my students, “there are no dumb questions”, but this is one > where I really should already know the answer. For some reason, I got it > in my head that the switches on my panel were circuit breakers. I don’t > think I have ever had one pop, and I realized the other day that none of > them are labelled with an amperage. So now I am wondering if they are just > on/off switches. I have looked online and see that you can buy similar > panel switches that incorporate a circuit breaker and those are labelled > with the amperage. So are these breakers or switches? If switches, how > are the original panel circuits fused or maybe the question should be, how > are they supposed to be fused? Thanks- Dave > > David Knecht > S/V Aries > 1990 C&C 34+ > New London, CT > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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