J.P.
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Those are strikingly similar.....
Taking a Power Shower for the Olympics
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kingpb
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Why does that make it European? I have been in many hotels in US that have them.
kwired
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Sure looks like QO series design branch breakers, but I have never seen a QO series panelboard with a larger frame main breaker with so little clearance to the (top in this instance) wall of the cabinet, as the supply conductors usually enter the main breaker lugs from that direction. The size of that main breaker is not consistent with what is available on the typical QO loadcenter on the market here in the US either. So if it is a QO series, it is not from the product line sold in the US from what I am aware of.
You would think they could have used a NEMA 3R or 4-12 cabinet
The "vent" above is a chase for installing additional cables and the louver is just a convenient way to make an access point to this chase
K8MHZ
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They are exact. Take a close look at the shadows in all three photos. There are faint shadows on the tiles and they are all exactly the same.
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Now what are the chances of the camera being EXACTLY in the same place for both shots? Especially considering the amount of work involved to not only put the panel there, but also to get the conductors to the panel.
I am quite certain this is PS work and I wonder what the motivations of the person that did it were?
kwired
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You need to watch more HGTV or DIY channel. Those are the before and after photos:happyyes: We do not know which photo is before and which one is after though
hmy:John120/240
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I agree. The motivation was to cast an unfavorable light on the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
K8MHZ
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I used PS to remove half the panel.
Judges?
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I took the pic with the panel, cropped it and set it on the pic with no panel. As you can see, they are pixel to pixel perfect.
Judges?
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I took the pic with the panel, cropped it and set it on the pic with no panel. As you can see, they are pixel to pixel perfect.
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mbrooke
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Making the rounds on the innernets lately: This photo of a panel in a hotel room in Sochi:
I dont get it? Its square D QO, what would be the issue:?
K8MHZ
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Dedicated space violation, obviously.
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Only if that is a vent above it rather than just access to a chase.
There is a fine old tradition of putting in a grille instead of patching a hole or using an access door.
It is a lot easier and it looks like it has a purpose.
Tapatalk!
There is a fine old tradition of putting in a grille instead of patching a hole or using an access door.
It is a lot easier and it looks like it has a purpose.
Tapatalk!
mbrooke
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That is working space, not dedicated space.
Tapatalk!
Tapatalk!
K8MHZ
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arits74
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the picture of the panel looks stretched out to me
lielec11
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Haven't read all the comments but I doubt the standards in Russia are as high as they are in the US (forget about codes at all)...
K8MHZ
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The pic in the OP has nothing to do with Russia. It's a fake purported to be in Russia by someone with very poor taste.
kwired
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At least the one in the OP has a more "neat and workmanlike manner" look to it:happyyes:Here's a real picture and it's in the states.
Roger
lielec11
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Here's a real picture and it's in the states.
Roger
If anyone gets the EC&M mag, this looks like the "What is wrong here" section they did for October 2013.
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