That $300 switch I found in an abandoned bakery was absolutely alive

Honestly, I was doing a reno on this old bakery downtown that shut down like 5 years ago. Pulled open a panel behind the walk-in cooler and found a 200-amp disconnect switch just sitting there covered in flour dust. The thing tested perfectly on my multimeter, not a single fault. I cleaned it up and it's now sitting in my shop as a backup. Has anyone else ever scored something valuable from an abandoned building like that?

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val_williams1d ago

Used to think abandoned stuff was junk until I pulled a working breaker out of a condemned laundromat.

reesel501d ago

Alive" is right, @val_williams, I'd probably still get electrocuted trying to use it though.