Ridiculous GE breaker hold-down Kit.

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mbrooke said:
GE revised their internals to be more cost economical aligning them with the THQP (thin) ones and shifting manufacturing plants. The issue however is that their modeled case is not identical in several regards. If I worked for GE I would have clarified the limitations associated with the new versions.
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See, that is what makes sense.

So, GE does not provide this info or is there a doc somewhere?
 
My problem is that when the old style breaker was manufactured there had to be a hold down kit for it.

When GE switched designs a new type of hold down kit was made.

Where are these old kits that match the old breaker and how do we identify them?

Information has to be somewhere.
 
jumper said:
My problem is that when the old style breaker was manufactured there had to be a hold down kit for it.

When GE switched designs a new type of hold down kit was made.

Where are these old kits that match the old breaker and how do we identify them?

Information has to be somewhere.
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They belong to the the powermark plus line. The main hold done kit if I remember right says "power mark plus" instead of "power mark gold"
 
jumper said:
My problem is that when the old style breaker was manufactured there had to be a hold down kit for it.

When GE switched designs a new type of hold down kit was made.

Where are these old kits that match the old breaker and how do we identify them?

Information has to be somewhere.
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Ok, I found one. The first one only fits power mark plus load centers. The two bottom tabs are long and narrow.


https://www.ebay.com/itm/3-New-GE-T...ersion+kit&_from=R40&rt=nc&_trksid=m570.l1313

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The following kit is for power mark gold. If they will fit in a power mark plus I have no idea but doubt it. The bottom tabs are flat and wide unlike the plus series:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-NIB-GE-T...kw=TQMH000&_from=R40&rt=nc&_trksid=m570.l1313



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mbrooke said:
Ok, I found one. The first one only fits power mark plus load centers. The two bottom tabs are long and narrow.


https://www.ebay.com/itm/3-New-GE-T...ersion+kit&_from=R40&rt=nc&_trksid=m570.l1313

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The following kit is for power mark gold. If they will fit in a power mark plus I have no idea but doubt it. The bottom tabs are flat and wide unlike the plus series:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-NIB-GE-T...kw=TQMH000&_from=R40&rt=nc&_trksid=m570.l1313



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Those look like main breaker stuff. I thought we were discussing hold down kits to secure for a backfed small breaker.
 
jumper said:
Those look like main breaker stuff. I thought we were discussing hold down kits to secure for a backfed small breaker.
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These main breaker kits can take breakers down to 15 amps (or 10amps if you can find such a beast), all the way up to 125 amps, all will physically fit and work fine.


Most main lug GE load centers, or more exactly all "TLM" model main lug load centers have a provision where you can install a main breaker via the kit shown above.

In fact some electricians take advantage of this and mostly keep TLM load centers in stock. The main lugs are great for a sub-panel or panels where the main is outside. For service upgrades they can use the main kit to pop in a 100 or 125 amp main, or for existing panel swap outs in old homes pop in a 60 or 30 amp main to match the service.

Like this one panel takes care of everything and without loosing spaces for back feed mains.
 
mbrooke said:
These main breaker kits can take breakers down to 15 amps (or 10amps if you can find such a beast), all the way up to 125 amps, all will physically fit and work fine.


Most main lug GE load centers, or more exactly all "TLM" model main lug load centers have a provision where you can install a main breaker via the kit shown above.

In fact some electricians take advantage of this and mostly keep TLM load centers in stock. The main lugs are great for a sub-panel or panels where the main is outside. For service upgrades they can use the main kit to pop in a 100 or 125 amp main, or for existing panel swap outs in old homes pop in a 60 or 30 amp main to match the service.

Like this one panel takes care of everything and without loosing spaces for back feed mains.
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Yes, good info but I am pretty sure that is not what we are talking about.

Clips for securing a small backfed breaker IIRC.......
 
jumper said:
Pretty sure he was perfectly clear, he posted pics and gave a description...

Not saying you have not presented a different solution, but that is not the question. Install is already done.
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I missed the pics :ashamed1: Do you have a link to them?
 
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