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High price of 600 amp circuit breakers?
"Ignoramus5533" wrote in message
... | I came into possession of a few used 400-600A circuit breakers. Each | is the size of a milk jug. While researching prices on them and such | (they sell for $150-200 on ebay), I learned that some cost many | thousands of dollars new. I saw numbers from $2,500 and higher. | | I am curious just what makes them so expensive. Do they have any | precious materials inside? Or what? | | i There's a new kind out there now, which is wiping out the demand for the older style. All amperages of the same body size of breaker are all the same breaker, with a small module plugged in to control the trip point. Folks love the low parts count. I've never priced them, but I was impressed when I first saw 'em. In that range, there's so few people that need them the economy of scale keeps the price up, but I imagine that the used prices are really good. Industrial customers usually don't tend to buy stuff like that used. |
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