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nizak

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Does anyone here uses Siemens panels (100-200amp) for their commercial jobs? I have always used QO for everything but residential. They offer a copper buss and are about 35% less expensive.
I believe the copper buss is the PL series. I do know they offer aluminum in their other series.

Thanks.
 
The facility I'm at now has Siemens panels outdoors and they leak water.The Siemens are mounted next to Square D and GE panels and the Siemens visibly don't hold up near as well. I worked for a residential company that used Siemens and the panels also leak water, caused a lot problems with the AFCI breakers, this was just last last year. The dead fronts don't fit well on both the single and three phase panels.
 
Ok. The installation that I would be doing would all be interior and not subject(under normal circumstances)to rain.
Thanks for the exterior install info though.
 
I prefer them to any other panel. They are generally inexpensive, and usually the main breaker panels come equipped with full size neutral bars running the whole length of the space next to the breakers( making it easy to land them with the neutrals located next to the breaker) the main issue with them is when people plug a non seimans breaker in them.
 
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