Ridiculous GE breaker hold-down Kit.

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jumper said:
Do you see the breakers posted by OP?

Need info on why hold down kit is listed for both styles but only fits one.
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I do, and they will fit the main kit as well as the stand alone hold down provided newer breakers are fitted into the power mark gold line and older ones into the power mark plus line of kits, retainers and load centers.
 
mbrooke said:
I do, and they will fit the main kit as well as the stand alone hold down provided newer breakers are fitted into the power mark gold line and older ones into the power mark plus line of kits, retainers and load centers.
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Well, match that up with the OPs info and post a match of what goes where and with which models. Like a simple chart.

If this, then that.
 
Yes, I Back-fed a 60/2 branch breaker for the main.

The instruction booklet listed the Hold-Down Kit as an RK3 type; the packaging for the RK3 also listed the loadcenter part number as compatible. As far as I’m aware, there is an RK1, RK2, & RK3. I looked at all of them, and only the RK3 fit this loadcenter.


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mbrooke said:
I do, and they will fit the main kit as well as the stand alone hold down provided newer breakers are fitted into the power mark gold line and older ones into the power mark plus line of kits, retainers and load centers.
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The issue is the breakers, and why the backfed breaker hold-down clip fits only some of what are marked as the same model number.
 
brantmacga said:
Yes, I Back-fed a 60/2 branch breaker for the main.

The instruction booklet listed the Hold-Down Kit as an RK3 type; the packaging for the RK3 also listed the loadcenter part number as compatible. As far as I’m aware, there is an RK1, RK2, & RK3. I looked at all of them, and only the RK3 fit this loadcenter.


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Yep. And I wanna know why and how to solve the confusion. Right?
 
Craigv said:
The issue is the breakers, and why the backfed breaker hold-down clip fits only some of what are marked as the same model number.
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Thats what I'm saying. New breakers will work with the new hold downs (gold) but not the old hold downs meant for the plus panels.
 
jumper said:
Well, match that up with the OPs info and post a match of what goes where and with which models. Like a simple chart.

If this, then that.
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THQLRK will work with the old breakers, but not new. THQLRK will only fit power mark plus load centers.

THQLRK1 and THQLRK will work with new breakers, but both will only fit a gold panel.

In other words they want old breakers in plus panels and new breakers in gold panels despite both being interchangeable.
 
mbrooke said:
Thats what I'm saying. New breakers will work with the new hold downs (gold) but not the old hold downs meant for the plus panels.
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mbrooke said:
THQLRK will work with the old breakers, but not new. THQLRK will only fit power mark plus load centers.

THQLRK1 and THQLRK will work with new breakers, but both will only fit a gold panel.

In other words they want old breakers in plus panels and new breakers in gold panels despite both being interchangeable.
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How does one identify and more importantly, purchase, "new" versus "old" breakers, when the packaging and the products have identical part numbers, SKU, etc. ?? I have never seen GE identify an old or new version of THQ breakers.
 
Craigv said:
How does one identify and more importantly, purchase, "new" versus "old" breakers, when the packaging and the products have identical part numbers, SKU, etc. ?? I have never seen GE identify an old or new version of THQ breakers.
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You can't and they do not say so nor list it as such- hence the issue. GE has plenty of examples where the new does not fit the old or visa versa but they don't tell you.
 
mbrooke said:
You can't and they do not say so nor list it as such- hence the issue. GE has plenty of examples where the new does not fit the old or visa versa but they don't tell you.
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Yep, we pretty much arrived there by page 3 of this thread. GE shows disdain for its customers by subjecting them to this insanity.
Hence why so many of us avoid this company's products like the plague that they are.
 
Craigv said:
Yep, we pretty much arrived there by page 3 of this thread. GE shows disdain for its customers by subjecting them to this insanity.
Hence why so many of us avoid this company's products like the plague that they are.
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Disdain? :lol::lol::lol::lol: I can assure you this is paradise compared to what me and others have been put through everywhere from to big projects to getting my washing machine running again :rant::rant::rant::rant: Customer care and customer service is a special type of corporate BDSM.
 
mbrooke said:
No need IMO- I listed what will work and what won't. GE is the one who needs to man up.
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They can't....nobody can, unless GE recalls all THQL breakers and sorts them and issues different part numbers for "new" versions. Until then, we're left to sort them visually and try to explain one more weird request to the supply house counter guy...
 
Craigv said:
They can't....nobody can, unless GE recalls all THQL breakers and sorts them and issues different part numbers for "new" versions. Until then, we're left to sort them visually and try to explain one more weird request to the supply house counter guy...
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They can easily say "for model A breakers" "For model C breakers" I mean the do it for the trip curves.
 
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