Does this help?Square D QOM100VHCP
Anybody know what the 'CP' designation at the tail end of this model number indicates? I am awaiting response from Schneider, but figured some of you would know this......
They're not always equal. The blue store carries (or did) a 200a main breaker in a 3R enclosure whose catalog number Graybar can't even find. You have to buy the breaker and enclosure separately, for quite a bit more money.Square D products sold at 'home centers' should all have a CP as part of their part number on their packaging. This is to differentiate them from the products sold through wholesale distributors. The products themselves are identical, this is strictly a packaging issue.
I did not say the different channels offered all of the same products. I said that for a specific base catalog number everything was identical except for the packaging: a QO260GFICP = QO260GFI. They do not manufacturer different quality parts based on the "channel to market".They're not always equal. The blue store carries (or did) a 200a main breaker in a 3R enclosure whose catalog number Graybar can't even find. You have to buy the breaker and enclosure separately, for quite a bit more money.
Square D products sold at 'home centers' should all have a CP as part of their part number on their packaging. This is to differentiate them from the products sold through wholesale distributors. The products themselves are identical, this is strictly a packaging issue.
This helps with tracking products to prevent "purchase at the cheap place and return to the expensive one". Another reason is, many of the 'home center' breakers are sold in separate blister packs, while the ones across the distributor counter are often in 'broken packaging'. I first notice this practice back in the mid 80's.
Awww. Why not? (). . . wholesale distributors can sell 3-phase industrial 480V devices that are not available at home centers.
Boy, if I only had a million dollars for every time some asked me that.Awww. Why not? ()