Seimens panel

[john michael]

I have a seimens panel in my garage. What other breakers will fit my panel?

 

[Mustang51js]

Murray,homeline,cutler hammer br,ite,and ge off the top of my head, legally none since they aren't the same name but Murray is the same company with a different name.

 

[wyliesdiesels]

Read the panel label if theres one. Most likely only siemens breakers

 

[michaelrc51]

I would use only Siemens breakers. Your local code official will knock you down if you use another manufacturer's breaker in a Siemens panel.

 

[Norcal]

There are quite a few "will fit" breakers that one could install, but I would only install Siemens in a Siemens panel, or any competitors breaker that is UL "classified" to fit that panel & have the paperwork to prove it.

 

[Charles (in GA)]

Murray breakers are identical and indistinguishable from Siemens, and most likely are approved if you dig in Siemens literature (I think I saw it in something Siemens publishes) but indeed, since Siemens breakers are cheap and readily available, you should stick with them.

Charles

 

[go4donuts]

Before you run to the store to buy breakers, take a very close look at your breaker box and breakers. There are different types of Siemens breakers that are not interchangeable! (Ask me how I learned that) Best to take out a breaker and take it with you to the store. These different types may look exactly the same on the front, but be very different on the back where they connect. Also see if there is a breaker box 'type' code - write it down and take that with you. BTW, I have a couple of brand new, never used, non-returnable Siemens breakers for sale if anyone in Regina Saskatchewan is interested.

Also, after running around town to four different home centers and realizing the breaker I wanted was a bit unusual and was not stocked by the home centers, I found a wholesale electrical supply house that was willing to sell me the one I wanted for HALF the price of breakers at the home centers.