It seems ridiculous to me that manufacturers are apparently not required to include some "permanent" means of locking out a breaker , that stays on the breaker so it is available at any time.
We have been looking for something to lockout a siemans breaker that could be installed on every breaker in the panel and left there permanently. ( I looked at the type of breaker, thinking I would post about it here, but I am home now and I forget )
We can find things that you can thumbscrew onto the breaker handle, and then apply a lock, but they don't really fit all that great and I think they could fall off pretty easily. I don't believe it is necessary to lock out a breaker if there is no means to do so, and I think it would be pretty easy to just not go to get a locking device, but tape a tag to the breaker. This seems to me to be a totally inadequate LOTO, even though I believe it complies with the rules
I think being able to apply a lock to a breaker in an industrial setting should be important enough that the manufacturers should be required to at least sell as an accessory, something that can be attached to the breaker and have one one each breaker. the handles on this stuff are so paltry anymore that it is even difficult to hang a tag on the dumb things. I really think they sould be required to build something right into the breaker so you don't have to buy an accessory.
There are things that can be put on the smaller frame breakers, but siemans doesn't offer anything for the larger. If they do, I'd appreciate it if some one would direct me. thanks
We have been looking for something to lockout a siemans breaker that could be installed on every breaker in the panel and left there permanently. ( I looked at the type of breaker, thinking I would post about it here, but I am home now and I forget )
We can find things that you can thumbscrew onto the breaker handle, and then apply a lock, but they don't really fit all that great and I think they could fall off pretty easily. I don't believe it is necessary to lock out a breaker if there is no means to do so, and I think it would be pretty easy to just not go to get a locking device, but tape a tag to the breaker. This seems to me to be a totally inadequate LOTO, even though I believe it complies with the rules
I think being able to apply a lock to a breaker in an industrial setting should be important enough that the manufacturers should be required to at least sell as an accessory, something that can be attached to the breaker and have one one each breaker. the handles on this stuff are so paltry anymore that it is even difficult to hang a tag on the dumb things. I really think they sould be required to build something right into the breaker so you don't have to buy an accessory.
There are things that can be put on the smaller frame breakers, but siemans doesn't offer anything for the larger. If they do, I'd appreciate it if some one would direct me. thanks
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