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I had an unusual breaker experience and wanted to see if anyone had insight.
This is a SquareD ganged 50 breaker on the hangar.
It has been in the on position for a dozen years, with only occasional on-off use.
This week I was doing some work there and turned it off/on/off a few times then pulled it out.
I noticed when it was out of the panel, in my hand, there was no way I could budge the switch from the off position. I was pushing up to the limit of where I thought I might break it. It was not in the tripped position, it was fully off. Pushing it further off did nothing.
I thought it must be broken and was about to look for a replacement.
The next day, it was working perfectly normally! I reinstalled it and it seems fine.
What feature of a CB would cause this behavior?
This is a SquareD ganged 50 breaker on the hangar.
It has been in the on position for a dozen years, with only occasional on-off use.
This week I was doing some work there and turned it off/on/off a few times then pulled it out.
I noticed when it was out of the panel, in my hand, there was no way I could budge the switch from the off position. I was pushing up to the limit of where I thought I might break it. It was not in the tripped position, it was fully off. Pushing it further off did nothing.
I thought it must be broken and was about to look for a replacement.
The next day, it was working perfectly normally! I reinstalled it and it seems fine.
What feature of a CB would cause this behavior?