Seimens brk in GE box

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hillbilly said:
The manufacturer of the breaker being copied would have to give permission for their competitior to use their name and breaker model.
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That's like saying Coke or Pepsi can't name the competitor's brand name in their commercials, but we've all seen them. Any free advertsisng is better than none.

If a competitor used my company name in an ad, people would wonder why my company is the one being used as a comparison.

It's a compliment to be compared against. Who would brag about being better than a lousy company?
 
winnie said:
... and I've heard reports of breaker/panel combinations that 'felt loose'.
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Yeah, I've felt that too, but think about this. Put a Murray breaker in a Murray panel, and It'll "feel loose" right off the bat. :smile: Compare that with a good Cutler-Hammer CH and you'll know who's making good stuff and who's making junk.
 
The T&B breakers are rated for a lot of loadcenters I just looked at one today and on the side of the breaker it listed what it was compatible with, I didn't count but there were alot.
 
mdshunk said:
Yeah, I've felt that too, but think about this. Put a Murray breaker in a Murray panel, and It'll "feel loose" right off the bat. :smile: Compare that with a good Cutler-Hammer CH and you'll know who's making good stuff and who's making junk.
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I've noticed that with the Murray-Siemens breakers, which is precisely why I don't like their products. I do like the design of the loadcenters, but the breakers are junk. As for CH-CH, that is as common as a blue moon around here. I'd sooner just opt for QO than the "tan handle" stuff simply because it's highly unpopular.
 
kjw444 said:
The T&B breakers are rated for a lot of loadcenters I just looked at one today and on the side of the breaker it listed what it was compatible with, I didn't count but there were alot.
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I think what you are referenceing is one of the "classified " type breakers mentioned earlier in this post. I seem to remember T&B being one of the first to offer such a breaker.

I do alot of commercial work in and around the Boston area Seimens and CH/WH are the most available brands lately, GE is starting to become the one that is hard to come by.

Joe
 
mdshunk said:
Simple answer.... the UL only checks out certain breakers for use in certain panels. There are "classified replacement" breakers that are rated for a multitude of panels. A Seimens breaker in a GE panel will never fly. Neither one is rated for that combination. I think the only other panel a Siemens breaker is rated for is the old ITE panels.
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I agree with marc,on this one its a pretty simple answer,
its either listed for respective panel or not...
 
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