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i was at homedepot looking for a sp 20I ge tandem breacker they had 15I but no 20... .so i looked some more and found murray i check it on a ge panel and it fits..is it ok to use murray on ge panels..i always use the name brand and never switch but they didnt have any 20I tandemm breakers for ge and i need to do the work should i do the work and then come back when i find the ge or is the murray ok to use
 
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i was at homedepot looking for a sp 20I ge tandem breacker they had 15I but no 20... .so i looked some more and found murray i check it on a ge panel and it fits..is it ok to use murray on ge panels..i always use the name brand and never switch but they didnt have any 20I tandemm breakers for ge and i need to do the work should i do the work and then come back when i find the ge or is the murray ok to use
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Many brands will fit GE but unless it is a ge breaker or listed for GE panels then it is not compliant. I have seen thousands of breakers in panels different from the breaker brand. They seem to work fine but...
 
Besides the UL issue. GE doesn't have a notched stab which is required for all other manufactures CTL tandem breakers. Unless this was a non CTL breaker I don't see how it would fit.
 
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GE uses 1/2 space breaker that fits in between the full space stabs, I have never really seen a full space GE tandem as I have always seen the half space ones, now I think CH makes a certified tandem that is UL listed for GE and a few others.

It might be a NW Indiana thing because I have seen quite a few GE half space panels that have both stabs for full and half space, I don't care for the half space ones above 15 amps, as I have had to replace a few of these panels because of them burning the buss stab, I did once install full space ITE NON-CTL tandems to get a store back open after too many of the half space stabs burnt off, but we put in a new SD-QO panel that next weekend when the store was closed. (Wish I knew about the CH certified ones at that time)
 
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