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    brb0923 Posts: 3, Reputation: 1
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    #1

    Jul 7, 2008, 08:02 AM
    Cannot find the appropriate fuse
    Hello group,

    Have a new range hood to install. Went to the fuse box to turn off the power.
    Unscrewed the fuse for the Kitchen and all the power went off in the kitchen except for the old range hood.
    I went through the fuses one by one and the light on the range hood never went off.

    Older house with a few added circuits for ac, garage lighting. I tried them all.

    Wiring comes out of the wall behind the hood and is hard wired into the hood. How do I turn off this power?

    Thanks,
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    Jul 7, 2008, 09:15 AM
    Just shut off the main breaker, that will kill all the power until you are done. You may need a flashlight to work on it then.
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    Jul 7, 2008, 09:50 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by wildandblue
    Just shut off the main breaker, that will kill all the power until you are done. You may need a flashlight to work on it then.

    Thank you, any idea where I can find it, and how to shut it off, I have a fuse box.
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    Jul 7, 2008, 11:20 AM
    Fuse boxes have pull out compartments, thet may be black rectangles with a handle pushed to the side. It's usually near the top. Move the wire bar to one side creating a handle and pull quickly.

    You range has a pull out two.

    In both cases cartridge fuses are used. Put them back in the same locations where you got them.

    Typical things that this might be used for is "Main", "Range" and "Water heater" and "Spare". It used to be that water heaters were separately metered.
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    Jul 7, 2008, 02:22 PM
    I wouldn't pull Main. It needs to be fused, may be connected with range?
    If you pull each fuse out(screw in and cartridge)one by one and it doesn't go out, it may be fed by 2 breakers(by accident) in that case, remove all fuses, install 1 by 1 till it goes on, identify that fuse and then unscrew, continue screwing in fuses until it goes on again, you now know what 2 circuits it is on, then disconnect from 1.
    I have seen many tied to the range? Not sure if it was allowed in the old days.
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    Jul 7, 2008, 02:46 PM
    I would pull the main and see if it goes off, if it does not go off, you have some circuits that are not ran though the fuse box, If it does go off, then it has to be though one of the fuses, and/or the wiring is not wired in the box properly
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    Jul 7, 2008, 02:55 PM
    Pulling the "main" may not even work.

    I suspect that as KISS explained this is a typical old fuse panel with MAIN and RANGE cartridges. The main kills all power to the lower fuses. The range only kills power to the electric range.
    In some cases with a gas range circuits were run off the range fuse block with fuse reducers. That could be the case here.


    DO pull both the MAIN and RANGE fuses and see what happens each time.
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    Jul 7, 2008, 05:45 PM
    It does need protection, I like to believe it is not wired prior to protection.
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    Jul 11, 2008, 05:17 AM
    Thanks to all who responded.
    I pulled the main, black rectangles near the top of the fuse box. That killed the power and I was able to install. Thanks again for all of your help

    Barney
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    Jul 11, 2008, 06:55 AM
    So the hood is protected by a 60 amp breaker?
    Did you determine it was not protected by 2 fuses by accident?

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