REPOST: Please help identify old Cutler Hammer circuit breaker

Have you pulled the box open? I'd expect a list of compatible breaker types on the box itself.

Then, I'd contact Eaton directly...

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Probably time to start searching/calling the obsolete breaker people. Eaton will not have those.

It looks like an obsolete "CH" breaker. They've changed the design and the new "CH" breakers have plastic feet as opposed to metal feet and no notch in them, so they won't fit in your obsolete panel. I'd call local electricians and ask them as many have old stuff hanging around

Duane,

I guess I did not try hard enough. This time I found "CH410" and "Use CH breaker" very deep inside the control box wall.

It appears that the CH series products experienced a tooling change and the new ones are no longer compatible to the old ones. I still have a challenge, i.e., to find an old CH circuit breaker, but at least I know which direction to go now.

Thanks for the useful hint.

Jerry

This is correct. Per Duane's suggestion I found a label deep inside the control box. The box is CH410 and it also says "use CH circuit breakers".

Thanks for the help.

Jerry

You might be surprised at how little a new, modern replacement panel and breakers would cost. Look at that before you invest too much in finding a NOS breaker.

Or surprised at how much... :)

Go on ebay - I bought some "out of print" circuit breakers on ebay for my son's house. If yours are "out of print" - people on ebay know they are worth something - and they get them and sell them.

On 09/23/05 11:52 am Duane Bozarth tossed the following ingredients into the ever-growing pot of cybersoup:

I bought a "Value Pack" consisting of a 200A CH panel + main breakers and several other breakers (forget how many) at Lowe's for approx. $150.

Perce

The panel installation date is marked 1978.

The need to get a permit to do it yourself is a hassle. Or you may have to pay $900 to get a licensed electrician to do a simple job for you (it's hard to get contractors in Seattle area due to the heated housing market).

Jerry

You had access to cut main feed to replace it?

On 09/24/05 10:38 am Duane Bozarth tossed the following ingredients into the ever-growing pot of cybersoup:

I haven't installed it yet, but technically it's a subpanel because the main breaker is in the garage back-to-back with the meter, so I can kill the power there. The existing subpanel that I will replace is in the basement.

Perce

You can usually pull the meter. But thats dicey if the wires from the meter to the panel have to be replaced.

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