Electrical distribution panel question

[Miss Jamey Lynn]

A friend of mine has a electrical distribution panel like this and ask what line one and line two are and I have no idea does anybody have a panel that has line one and line two on it and what is it for thanks

 

[Captain Ralph]

My first SWAG; Line 1 & 2 are each of the 115Vac legs that make the 230Vac.

 

[Miss Jamey Lynn]

I'm not sure what you mean by that and by the way what is swag mean

 

[MadHatter53]

I have the same setup and I tried everything in every position without anything changing. My gauges also show zero volts except for the incoming 240v. I haven’t opened the panel yet to see what’s what.

 

[carolinacoast]

Those are selectors are next to Amp guages. I always thought they were for each leg. Since in the picture 2 ships service/ panels are getting fed to that source the upper amp guage will be the total draw from both services. When loads get high in the summer, you can split the sources to serve the panels to keep the amps down.

 

[carolinacoast]

Couldn't fix my 'are' from 2x to 1x.

 

[Captain Ralph]

My first SWAG; Line 1 & 2 are each of the 115Vac legs that make the 230Vac.

SWAG
Scientific Wild Asp Guess
I can not read if those are volt or amp meters next to the switches.
If those are amp meters next to the switches then carolinacoast is on it. Read Amps from each leg.

 

[carolinacoast]

Sideways from a 1985.

 

[SKYCHENEY]

Should really say Leg 1 and Leg 2 as they are indeed as Ralph guessed. Those are reading the amp load on each 120v leg of the 240v input.

 

[Captain Ralph]

Sideways from a 1985.

Yep, Amps on each leg.

 

[jmooney]

Unusual source selectors , circuit breakers instead of rotary switches.

 

[Miss Jamey Lynn]

So they might simply be for displaying amps on source 1 or source 2.instead of having 2 amp gauges on the input?

 

[Captain Ralph]

So they might simply be for displaying amps on source 1 or source 2.instead of having 2 amp gauges on the input?

Turn some options on (big loads) and try them out.
A reminder to try to order a print sets and/or manuals from Hatteras before the last Hatt guy leaves.

 

[Miss Jamey Lynn]

Yes that's a good idea , I'll suggest that to him.he should be able to see amp reactions as he switches back and forth.thanks guys.

 

[SeaEric]

Yes that's a good idea , I'll suggest that to him.he should be able to see amp reactions as he switches back and forth.thanks guys.

Only if those old analog meters are actually working - which they may not be.

 

[SKYCHENEY]

Unusual source selectors , circuit breakers instead of rotary switches.

Not unusual. The panels changed over the years.