Old GE Service Panel

[Will Wire]

I recently got a call about an old GE Service Panel on a house built in 1959. The dead front has four separate 2-Pole breaker knockouts. Two of the 2-Pole breaker spots are on the top and labeled #1 and #2, The other two 2-Pole breaker spots are below and labeled 3,4,5,6 and 7,8,9,10, presumably for 2-Pole, Single Pole, or Twin breakers. There is not a main breaker.

Is anyone familiar with this old GE Service panel, and knows what it's amp rating is?

Thanks

 

[infinity]

Do you have a photo?

 

[LarryFine]

It sounds like a split-bus panel.

 

[Little Bill]

It sounds like a split-bus panel.

Agree

 

[Will Wire]

Here is the panel.

 

[rambojoe]

As labeled...
Its a mlo
Rather, as the picture dictates.
Whats the problem?

 

[norcal]

Here is the panel. View attachment 2573981

And has BR and Siemens breakers, only the breaker in the upper left is correct, a view of the inside is only way that one might be able to tell.

 

[Will Wire]

It is a Service Distribution panel with meter. I realized it had the wrong breakers in it. It also has no main breaker. Which was standard with the old 60 amp service panels. Was it common in the old days to have MLOs for larger panels. I was wondering if it is a 60 or 100 amp panel. I will get a picture of the insides when I'm there.

 

[LarryFine]

Here is the panel. View attachment 2573981

Ah, main-lug, not split bus.

 

[Birken Vogt]

And has BR and Siemens breakers, only the breaker in the upper left is correct, a view of the inside is only way that one might be able to tell.

In 1959, this style breaker was probably still "interchangeable". The brand-specific thing did not happen until the 1980s I think.

 

[LarryFine]

The brand-specific thing did not happen until the 1980s I think.

Remember, it's actually type-specific, not brand-specific.

 

[infinity]

Any photo with the cover removed?

 

[Will Wire]

No photos of the cover removed. I will get one.

In the new panels that I have worked with recently, some manufactures are requiring brand specific breakers. While others are requiring type-specific, with various brands listed. I think it's because they own multiple brands.