turning off circuit breakers for a long period of time
 

Hello again,

I was just curious about something, if I turn off an individual appliance / room circuit breaker (say the one that controls the dishwasher) for a long period of time (say a year or 2) because it is never used, will that cause any problems later on? I am not going to do this but I am just curious (especially since a buddy of mine realized he had one of his breakers in the "off" position since he bought his place a couple years ago).
Thanks

J

They lay on shelves in stores for longer periods than that.

The breakers will be fine if left off.

Welcome to the forum!
Tom

Ok just curious thats all. Didnt know if people did this in order to save a cent or 2 on their electrical bill (assuming a little bit of electricity still flows through to the unused appliance) or if it tripped before and they didn't reset it because they hardly used it.
Thanks