Replacements or Originals

[byourdesky]

I googled ITE Pushmatics to see what kind of replacements are offered and it looks like Siemens offers a wide variety......I haven't looked at the type numbers on the ones I want to replace but I was wondering if anyone has used the Siemens ones and if they are any good?.....and if not what kind are good?

 

[jim dungar]

I googled ITE Pushmatics to see what kind of replacements are offered and it looks like Siemens offers a wide variety......I haven't looked at the type numbers on the ones I want to replace but I was wondering if anyone has used the Siemens ones and if they are any good?.....and if not what kind are good?

Siemens bought ITE and the Pushmatic product line.

 

[byourdesky]

Siemens bought ITE and the Pushmatic product line.

Oh...ok thanks, so i guess those would be the best:smile:

 

[aja21]

are any of the pushmatic breakers "any good", including the originals?

 

[M. D.]

IMO they are very good

 

[sii]

Expensive as heck around here. I wanted a 1-pole, 15 amp GFCI and a 1-pole regular 20 amp pushmatic breaker for my house a couple of years back. It was cheaper to replace whole panel with a Cutler-Hammer BR loadcenter including all new breakers.

 

[aja21]

IMO they are very good

I've seen too many of these things fail. They fail open thank goodness don't know of any that have failed to operate but have seen piles of them fail to close after being opened manually.

 

[aja21]

Expensive as heck around here. I wanted a 1-pole, 15 amp GFCI and a 1-pole regular 20 amp pushmatic breaker for my house a couple of years back. It was cheaper to replace whole panel with a Cutler-Hammer BR loadcenter including all new breakers.

Then after they fail if it is a larger double pole or multiple breakers or if you want to add some ckts. you can replace the whole panel with homeline cheaper.