I don’t think I’ve ever had a decent experience working on a mobile home..

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Dandy Darian

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Hello gents, wondering if anyone could steer me in the right direction with finding a part. Working at a mobile home park in Newport News VA and came across a bad GE TQDL21200 main disconnect breaker. Doing a little bit of research and putting in some common sense I’ve come to the conclusion that this breaker is very old and obsolete… So next thought is swapping the enclosure, which is a meter base+main disconnect combo on a pedestal. For some reason I cannot find an enclosure that’ll work as a replacement, all I can find is meter+main disco outdoor panels. Anyone care to chime in and shed some insight? (200A single phase underground service)
 
Here are a few but likely wont like the price under 5 minutes of search

TQDL21200 - General Electric - Molded Case Circuit Breakers

Find TQDL21200, Molded Case Circuit Breakers by General Electric at Electrical.com. All products include 2 year warranty, same day shipping.
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TQDL21200 - General Electric Circuit Breaker, Molded Case | Breaker Authority

Authentic <strong>TQDL21200</strong> Molded Case Circuit Breaker manufactured by General Electric. Key features include <strong>200 Amperage</strong>, <stron...
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My first recommendation would be to reach out to your local GE rep and ask them about a replacement. If you don’t know who to call, I don’t mind texting my GE rep tomorrow and asking.

My second suggestion would to be that you just replace that disconnect with something off the shelf. It would require re-working that feeder into a new enclosure but probably could be done faster than trying to find the breaker.


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Fred B said:
Here are a few but likely wont like the price under 5 minutes of search

TQDL21200 - General Electric - Molded Case Circuit Breakers

Find TQDL21200, Molded Case Circuit Breakers by General Electric at Electrical.com. All products include 2 year warranty, same day shipping.
www.electrical.com

breakerauthority.com

TQDL21200 - General Electric Circuit Breaker, Molded Case | Breaker Authority

Authentic <strong>TQDL21200</strong> Molded Case Circuit Breaker manufactured by General Electric. Key features include <strong>200 Amperage</strong>, <stron...
breakerauthority.com breakerauthority.com

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For the amount of labor a direct breaker swap would save compared to an enclosure swap out seems well worth the money in my opinion. That re-certified unit from breaker authority isn't too bad actually, and with a two year warranty that might actually be the move. Will present that option to the boss on Monday! Thanks for the time Fred!
 
brantmacga said:
My first recommendation would be to reach out to your local GE rep and ask them about a replacement. If you don’t know who to call, I don’t mind texting my GE rep tomorrow and asking.

My second suggestion would to be that you just replace that disconnect with something off the shelf. It would require re-working that feeder into a new enclosure but probably could be done faster than trying to find the breaker.


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Fred B sent a few links to breakers up above, but if my boss doesn't want to deal with third party retailers and wants to go directly through GE (If we don't go the route of swapping enclosures) then i'll totally let you know dude! Thanks!
 
Dandy Darian said:
Fred B sent a few links to breakers up above, but if my boss doesn't want to deal with third party retailers and wants to go directly through GE (If we don't go the route of swapping enclosures) then i'll totally let you know dude! Thanks!
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That was just 5 minutes online search, probably others out there also. AFA being 3rd party retailers, most supply houses are that, almost never get things direct from factory, they'll just tell you the authorized retailers.
Haven't ever used a recertified breaker, maybe some can speak to the quality and reliability. But can they be much worse than some of the stuff coming out of the factories recently, QC is very hit and miss.
 
macmikeman said:
I can change the title of this thread to: I don't think I have ever had any experience of a mobile home. Never stepped into one .
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If the same crew that ropes mobile homes were laying sod, the crew leader would be screaming "green side up, green side up", that is my opinion of trailers, although they are affordable disposable homes.
 
norcal said:
If the same crew that ropes mobile homes were laying sod, the crew leader would be screaming "green side up, green side up", that is my opinion of trailers, although they are affordable disposable homes.
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They are now built good . Try taking a stick built house 70mph down the road and see what it looks like. Remember when in the 90's they update the housing standard for dryers and stove's to the mobile home standard . Mobile home where always 4-wire for dryers and stoves. lol
 
andyselec@aol.com said:
They are now built good . Try taking a stick built house 70mph down the road and see what it looks like. Remember when in the 90's they update the housing standard for dryers and stove's to the mobile home standard . Mobile home where always 4-wire for dryers and stoves. lol
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Go into any MH park after a number of years & all you have is a bunch of old trailers, disposable homes that even cheap tract homes look better. they are more affordable homes but quality? Not a chance. Because the service is mounted off the MH structure they had to be 4-wire, that was always the only thing I liked about them.

A bit of levity, do you know what a Texas twister, & a Texas divorce have in common? Either way someone is fixin' to lose them a trailer.
 
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