Push in Breaker Terminals?

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A friend of mine gave me this breaker he had removed from a house panel.

It is a Square D twin 15 amp single pole, but check out the wire terminals.

I have never seen a push in terminal on a breaker, has anyone worked with these or know when they where made?

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Re: Push in Breaker Terminals?

hey Bob,
Yes I have seen them and worked with those Sq D breakers. We call them tandem breakers. They are a pain in the butt. Not only do they take up alot of room in the panel (the wire terminal extends past the back mount) it is hard to test voltage on the wire installed. The one good thing is that they ARE sensitive, at least they are not FPE!!
 
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Oh and on the time frame I have seen them in CB panels from the late 60's early 70's. That does not mean that they could not have been installed later. Though I have seen them with the original residential house wire installed (usually BX) and no added romex in the panel.
 
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I've seen a few. Not too happy about'em. They usually go into the trash rather than the emergency spares box.
 
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I have a bunch of the Zinsco ones. I think I posted a pic of them eons ago.

Bob, I have a couple SQ.D. QO like the one you show, but mine have (2) pull-outs for 15amp cartridge fuses.
I'll email a pic to you, 'cause my server is full right now.
Todd
 
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Bob, is that your PS2 in the pic above or is it 'the kid's '?
Do you have Simpson's RoadRage?
 
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Originally posted by luke warmwater:
Bob, is that your PS2 in the pic above or is it 'the kid's '?
Do you have Simpson's RoadRage?
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DOH! :eek:

Yeah you caught me, my girls are 3 and 5 so I can't say it is theirs. :D

Got Road Rage for Xmas and have a lot of fun with it.
 
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