On May 30, 7:37*am, "Robert11" wrote:
Hello,

Just had a new residential service box installed; replaced a 30 year old
Federal Pacific one which everyone said was not safe.

New box is a GE Powermark Gold Model TLM 2412 CCU (TLM 24 bc)
The box is rated for a 125 amp main breaker, and has spaces for 24 *1"
breakers.

Curious about this:

According to the GE info on their site, and the paperwork that came with the
box, the box does not allow for any
1/2" breakers.

Is this simply a case of some model boxes do, and some don't ?

Or, for technical reasons, they are getting away from using 1/2" breakers
anywhere, anymore ?
If so, why ?

It always seemed like a viable approach if one needed another circuit or
two, assuming the capacity of the box was not exceeded.

Thanks,
B.

You can buy a tandem circuit breaker. It has two circuits in the same
1" form factor. They are available in 15A and 20A.

BRW