GE load center Please help I need answer by morning

[Motown 454]

I have a chance to buy this 200 amp load center for $60 plus shipping. I am going to put a 200amp service and run 100 amp to my house from it. Is this load center ok for what I want to do? Please let me know your thoughts Good or bad.
Thank you all.

GE TM3220CCU2K - 200 Amp 32 Circuit Load Center with Main Breaker & Includes 12 Breaker Bonus

•Indoor

•200 Amp

•32 spaces

•40 circuits max

•200 amp main breaker included (22kAIC main breaker)

•10 - 20A single pole circuit breakers included THQL2130

•1 - 30A double pole circuit breaker THQL2130

•1 - 50A double pole circuit breaker THQL2150

•Lifetime warranty

•Copper bus

•Galvanized enclosure for rust protection

•Individually packaged door included

•Extended neutrals for easy wiring

•PowerMark Gold Load Center

 

[p_mori7]

good deal.

 

[Charles (in GA)]

Well worth the money, about half what HD or Lowes sells it for.

Charles

 

[mrb]

is it new? i wouldnt use anything that wasnt brand new.

 

[Motown 454]

Its all new. It will be about $20 to ship. I think I'll call him tomorrow and get it .
Thank you guys.
Wayne

 

[Mr_fixit]

Not a good deal. I'd never buy a 32 space 200 amp panel, too few spaces. Buy 40.

Unless you have a small house...

 

[Charles (in GA)]

Not a good deal. I'd never buy a 32 space 200 amp panel, too few spaces. Buy 40.

Unless you have a small house...

He said he was installing 200 amp service on his garage and then tapping off of it to run 100 amps to the house (existing panel).

I too prefer a 40 space panel, but I seriously doubt he will come close to filling a 30 space one, most people don't. I have a 40 space in the shop 60x60 building and still have about 15 spaces left, possibly more, I'd have to look.

Charles

 

[walrus]

Isn't it still a 40 circuit panel? You just half to use the half size breakers in the appropriate slots??

 

[Falcon67]

Isn't it still a 40 circuit panel? You just half to use the half size breakers in the appropriate slots??

If it's a GE like the 8/16 in my shop - yes. The one I have makes you watch the order, IIRC you have to start one side with a thin single then next can be a thin double. I think the thin doubles can only land in the "odd" slots. The regular fat breakers can go in any slot on an even number. A minor puzzle that's easy to work out. The thin breakers are cute and cheap, like $4 a pop and come in all ratings for a nice selection.

 

[Motown 454]

Chris Thats good to know. Thanks

 

[Charles (in GA)]

Isn't it still a 40 circuit panel? You just half to use the half size breakers in the appropriate slots??

To use GE half sized breakers you have to have a panel that will accept them. They have a special type of clip welded to the buss bar. It won't interfere with installing regular breakers, but the half width ones will only fit in those spots. The 30/40 GE panel I put in my parents house had clips on several of the lowest positions on each side. You could fit some other brand of half width pairs in the regular slots. Siemens claims that is legal, but I won't go there.

So yes, its a 40 space panel when using the right breakers and installing them in the right spots.

Charles

 

[walrus]

To use GE half sized breakers you have to have a panel that will accept them.

I agree and this panel will if the OPs description is correct, the bottom 5 slots will accept the the half size breakers

 

[Motown 454]

Well I've been back and forth with this guy sense I posted this . He said he had a death in the family and asked me to wait. I waited a week and a half. Now no answer from him. Guess he's not a man of his word and sold it locally. I don't mind that he sold it but he could have let me know so I wasn't waitng to hear back from him.
I found another one a Square D here are the specs.

New with cover

Load Center , 200A, Convertible - Factory installed main lugs, 120/240VAC

Features and Specifications

Application: Designed to meet residential, commercial and industrial requirements to protect electrical systems, equipment and people.

Ampere Rating: 200A

Maximum Tandem Circuit Breakers: 10

Approvals: UL Listed

Cover Type: Order separately

Bus Material: Tin Plated Copper

Enclosure Type: Indoor

Box Number: 9

Enclosure Rating: NEMA 1

Grounding Bar: Included

Short Circuit Current Rating: 65kA

Main Type: Convertible - Factory installed main lugs

Maximum Single Pole Circuits: 40

Voltage Rating: 120/240VAC

Wire Size: #6 to 250 AWG/kcmil (Al/Cu)

Wiring Configuration: 3-Wire

Phase: 1-Phase

Spaces: 30

Depth: 3.75 Inches

Height: 29.86 Inches

Width: 14.25 Inches
This will cost me $90 to get it to me. Any opinions will be appreciated.
Thank you GJ

 

[Steevo]

That one sounds like a "main lug", vs. a "main breaker" panel. Check to see if it has a main breaker at all. If not, that costs as much as the load center.

 

[Steevo]

Both Home Depot and Lowes sell main breaker load centers that come with a half dozen or so breakers thrown in. I think I paid $49 at Home Depot for the 100A main breaker panel I used in my shop. It came with six 20A breakers.

I am sure that the 200A version they sell is a 40-slot box.

 

[Motown 454]

Thank you.

 

[Charles (in GA)]

For $130 or so you can get a full 40 space (as opposed to the 30 space/40 circuit ones you have looked at) panel as a "contractor pack" with about 6 or 8 20 amp breakers (120v) and a 30 and a 50 amp double pole (240v), and that is with a main breaker.

The main breaker kits are expensive, something like $60 to $80.

Charles

 

[Motown 454]

Probably what I'll do Thank you everyone.

 

[Norcal]

Better off w/ SQ D, one must take note of the last two letters of "garbaGE", AKA "Zinsco II".