What breaker is compatible with Murray?
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What breaker is compatible with Murray?
You can replace Murray CBs with Air, Square D, and Cutler-Hammer Circuit Breakers. However, for an optimal use of the original Murray Load Centers, the best breaker brand substitute is Siemens. Not only is Siemens known for their quality products, but they are also the UL-listed brand for Murray.
Are Siemens and Murray breakers the same?
Siemens Industry, Inc. The Murray brand of circuit breakers is being phased out and replaced by equivalent Siemens products. All Murray Meter Combo Load Centers, EQ Small Circuit Load Centers, and Rock Solid Load Centers manufactured after January 2002 may use Siemens brand circuit breakers.
Who makes Murray panels?
Siemens
Siemens took over the brand name and produced the ITE type breakers under the Murray brand name. The Crouse-Hinds “Murray” breakers are not the same as the Siemens/ITE “Murray” breakers. ` The two types have different mounting and are not interchangeable in the panels.
What circuit breakers are compatible with General Electric?
What Circuit Breakers Are Compatible With GE Breaker Boxes?
- GE Fits GE. The safest route is to use GE circuit breakers with GE breaker boxes.
- Siemens fits GE. Siemens breakers can be used in GE breaker boxes, and they are generally known to be compatible.
- Third Party Breakers.
Can I mix and match breakers?
Never place a different brand circuit breaker in a circuit breaker panel of a different brand. Contrary to the belief that they are all the same and will work in any circuit breaker panel, the fact is just the opposite. Circuit breakers may actually fit, but not properly.
Can you mix and match breakers in a panel?
Don’t mix and match circuit breakers. Circuit breaker panels are designed, tested and WARRANTED to be used with only listed circuit breakers. Siemens’ circuit panels are not designed to work Square D breakers and vice versa. Sometimes a different brand breaker will fit into a different brand’s circuit panel.
Do all circuit breakers have to be the same brand?
Obviously, the answer is no. Unlike most electrical devices like switches and outlets, circuit breakers are brand specific. In fact, the manufacturers will tell you to only replace or add breakers specifically designed for that brand panel. Even more, only use the type of breaker recommended for the panel.
Can you use a Eaton breaker in a GE panel?
Yes, the Eaton breaker would fit in the space. And the breaker may even have indents to allow it to fit into the slim spaces of a GE panel.
How old is my Murray electrical panel?
The date of manufacture of newer Murray panels—the ones produced since Siemens took over the brand in the 1990s—can be found at the bottom of the paper data plate on the inside of the panel door, as shown in the example above.
