Appreciation post: the old panel schedules that actually made sense

I was troubleshooting a commercial job last week and the original panel schedule from 1987 was still legible and accurate. My foreman said those old timers used to sketch circuits by hand with a pencil and never missed a breaker. Has anyone else found a vintage schedule that actually saved you time?

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loganm5216d ago

Oh yeah, those old handwritten schedules are gold if you can still read the handwriting (which is a big if).

perez.thea16d ago

Haha, "if you can still read the handwriting" is the real struggle! I found one from my grandpa's old shop from like 1989 and I swear it took me and my cousin an hour to figure out what parts he was ordering. Half of it looked like a bunch of scribbles and the other half was just numbers. We finally figured out he was ordering a water pump for a Ford, but only because we guessed by the VIN number written in the corner.