masterinbama
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Something odd about this switchgear.
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What does rest of it look like?
Perhaps is all ITE gear with a field applied Square D label?
similar but in different trade - couple years ago I connected some VRF heat pumps at a school. Come shipped with "Trane" labels on them, but inside the unit was "Carrier" labels to place over top of "Trane" label if the installer was a Carrier dealer instead of a Trane dealer. Same unit, two different names, pick which one is your favorite I guess. This installer applied the Carrier labels, and said the value went up when he applied the label:blink:
Master controller module still says Trane on it though
hmy:
Perhaps is all ITE gear with a field applied Square D label?
similar but in different trade - couple years ago I connected some VRF heat pumps at a school. Come shipped with "Trane" labels on them, but inside the unit was "Carrier" labels to place over top of "Trane" label if the installer was a Carrier dealer instead of a Trane dealer. Same unit, two different names, pick which one is your favorite I guess. This installer applied the Carrier labels, and said the value went up when he applied the label:blink:
Master controller module still says Trane on it though
hmy:
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Before all of the mergers and acquisitions that have boiled the electrical gear world down to 4 or 5 players, different companies frequently used one another to fill in "holes" in their product lines. It still goes on, but companies now "brand-label", so you may not realize it from the outside looks.
When I worked for Sq. D in the 80s, they didn't make safety switches larger than 600A. We SOLD them every day, but they were Westinghouse switches and sometimes if it was a rush, they didn't bother changing the name. The irony was, Square D actually INVENTED the device we call a "safety switch".
When I worked for Sq. D in the 80s, they didn't make safety switches larger than 600A. We SOLD them every day, but they were Westinghouse switches and sometimes if it was a rush, they didn't bother changing the name. The irony was, Square D actually INVENTED the device we call a "safety switch".
masterinbama
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It's definitely Aware D gear. Only the 3000 amp main and a 3000 amp feeder to the buildings annex are ITE breakers. All of the others are Square D.
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ATSman
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That's pretty old gear by the vintage of the ITE K-3000 frame breaker. Probably '60.
The reason may be that Sq D who built the gear at that time did not make a AFCB rated at 3K amps.
For instance we see older Kohler ATSs above a certain amp range with power panels (contactor assemblies) made by Zenith or ASCO married with the Kohler relay or SS logic. What ever makes the money.
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