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Originally Posted by Jeffhs
A major fire resulted; the house sustained very severe and costly damage that could have been prevented had the fuse box been replaced with a breaker panel than cannot be bypassed.
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Fair enough, but I have seen people put 30A breakers on #14 wire going to a garage, so they can use power tools without tripping the regular 15A breaker.
Honestly, if I had a fuse panel, there's no way I would replace it with a breaker panel unless it was either worn out, or my insurance company forced me to. Fuses clear a fault faster and more reliably than breakers do, and are every bit as safe if used properly.