this post was submitted on 12 Jan 2025
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I need to replace a faulty breaker. Here's a picture of my main breaker box. There's no master switch that I can see that shuts off power to all of the breakers.

Following the line up and out of the box, it runs along the basement ceiling and out through a hole in the foundation.

Let me know if you need to see something else.

Edit. Resolved! I found a master switch on the outside of the house in a panel adjacent to the meter. Weird that anyone can just walk up to my house and turn all of the power off.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I have never....shut off the master...

I knew two electricians who used to say this kind of stuff.

[–] JoeyHarrington 6 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Rentlar 1 points 2 weeks ago

Hopefully they could say other stuff after the day they stopped saying that.