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How to Know when Tandem Circuit Breakers can be Used (aka – cheater breakers)

First, a quick definition. A tandem circuit breaker is a double circuit breaker that takes up the space of a single circuit breaker on a panelboard. You’ll also hear them called duplex, slimline, twin, half-height, half-inch, double and wafer breakers, depending on local customs. While a two-pole circuit breaker gets connected to two different poles at a panelboard and has a common trip or a handle tie for simultaneous disconnecting of two poles, a tandem breaker does not.

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Facebook Check-In Marketing – Step 1

It dawned on me that I wish everyone could see all this new construction activity, but how could I “get the word out”? And, I thought, if I am successful at helping drive traffic to the neighborhood and possibly help my real estate agent friends make a sale, look at all the people that one sale would employ!

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Can’t I Perform the Home Inspection Myself?

As a professional home inspector I’m uniquely suited to perform objective and comprehensive visual examinations of a house. When hiring me

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