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Arcade and Pinball Discussions => General Arcade and Video Game Discussions => Topic started by: adamtoth on January 15, 2018, 07:59:05 am



Title: John's Cool Red Circuit Breaker?
Post by: adamtoth on January 15, 2018, 07:59:05 am
Question for John or anyone who might know. That cool 4 switch red circuit breaker at the top of John's stairs - what is it? Where can I get one of those? Is it a 80 amp sub panel with 4 breakers? Or are those just 4 fancy switches for the circuits, but the breakers are actually in the main panel?

Thanks.


Title: Re: John's Cool Red Circuit Breaker?
Post by: Binkman85 on January 15, 2018, 07:39:29 pm
This is something similar I found on Home Depot.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/BELL-2-Gang-Weatherproof-Toggle-Switch-Cover-Kit-5124-0/203597114?MERCH=REC-_-PIPHorizontal2_rr-_-203597111-_-203597114-_-N (https://www.homedepot.com/p/BELL-2-Gang-Weatherproof-Toggle-Switch-Cover-Kit-5124-0/203597114?MERCH=REC-_-PIPHorizontal2_rr-_-203597111-_-203597114-_-N)

I think they are just waterproof covers based on past videos.



Title: Re: John's Cool Red Circuit Breaker?
Post by: P-feif on January 16, 2018, 11:22:57 pm
Yeah I remember John talking about what they are in a past video. They are just normal light switches with a fancy cover that makes them look like high powered breakers. Very similar to the link posted above.


Title: Re: John's Cool Red Circuit Breaker?
Post by: darkcat1 on January 18, 2018, 07:20:34 am
I've seen where John just said that they were Pool switches he painted red


Title: Re: John's Cool Red Circuit Breaker?
Post by: adamtoth on January 18, 2018, 10:42:48 pm
Yeah, I heard John talk about it in his end of the year review episodes, but never really got the exact details. I kind of doubt that they are just a fancy looking lamplet switch, since he said he had an electrician wire it. It sure seems more like they were a circuit disconnect switch of some kind.


Title: Re: John's Cool Red Circuit Breaker?
Post by: Videobandit on January 19, 2018, 12:21:37 am
They are just pool covers here is what John said in his video
":John: And these little covers here it says Suitable for wet location, These are just like a cover's for a swimming pool"
How it probably works is he has a sub panel or 4 breakers in the main panel that just control the arcade games and the light switches shut off power from the outlets here is another quote from john that further support this
"Up Here I have four twenty amp switches, ok and each on of these are wired to a Twenty-eight amp breaker we got Four Twenty amp breakers"

The Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzjPFl7cVxI&t=10289s
Light Switche talk start's at 2:11


Title: Re: John's Cool Red Circuit Breaker?
Post by: Jack Burton on January 21, 2018, 02:11:07 pm
":John 2:11: And these little covers here it says Suitable for wet location, These are just like a cover's for a swimming pool"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzjPFl7cVxI&t=10289s

Looks like you're quoting the bible lol