Bad Breaker Panel?

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Originally Posted by jdiwnab

We think our beaker panel is bad. Most of the details are in this thread expecially the end. We are getting contenutiy between the battery in and all of the outs, even those without fuses. We are also getting contenutiy bewtween all of the outs themselves. Mostly the resistance is very great (500 k-ohms) but can be as low as 100 ohms if no fuses or no resistance if there is a fuse (but the last is like it should be). Are these results unusuall? If so can they be fixed or should we buy a new panel.

500K between terminals with breakers pulled is not bad especially if you are touching the probes while testing or if the weather is humid where you are. If you are measuring less than 100 ohms between outputs with the breakers pulled then you have a problem. Do a visual check if you find some that are shorted and you will find the the breaker females are pushed together or in some way are distorted and touching.