Re Duplex or Twin Circuit Breakers:

I needed to get a twin 15/15 amp twin breaker for a Murray Panel.
Home Depot had two nearly identical ones:
Cutler Hammer BD1515 (with the "rejection tab" feature)
and the BR1515 without the tab.

I had not noticed if the mating contact in the panel had the notch for
the tab to go into,
so I bought the BR1515 that did not have the rejection tab.

As it happens, the contact in the panel was notched.

All is well. It works fine.


Questions:

The shelf label at Home Depot said that the BR1515 was "current
limiting" (I think) and the item cost $15.

The other one (BD1515) with the tab said "non current-limiting" (I
think) and only cost $9 or $10.


Besides the presence or absence of the tab, what other differences are
there between these items that explain the price difference?

Should I be replacing the breaker I already installed with the kind with
the rejection tab, now that I know it fits? Am not concerned about the
price but about any other issue that I don't undertand.

I have been unable to construct a Google search that provides me with an
answer.

Thank you.
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This tab is just there to keep you honest (not overloading the panel)
If that slot is OK for the duplex breaker you should be fine. The
other question is if the C/H breaker is "classified" as being
compatible with your Murray panel. I can't offer any guidance on that.
Maybe it says on the box.


BR type breakers, even though manufactured by Cutler Hammer, are OK for
Murray panel. They re not the CH type Cutler Hammer breakers.

Thanks.

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On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:51:09 -0400, Frank Lloyd Price flp@yahoo,com
wrote:

The
other question is if the C/H breaker is "classified" as being
compatible with your Murray panel. I can't offer any guidance on that.
Maybe it says on the box.


BR type breakers, even though manufactured by Cutler Hammer, are OK for
Murray panel. They re not the CH type Cutler Hammer breakers.


Good to know, thanks. I have very limited experience with anything but
SqD

Culter Hammer bought Bryant which were pretty compatible with Murray, hence
the "BR"

Frank Lloyd Price wrote:
Re Duplex or Twin Circuit Breakers:

I needed to get a twin 15/15 amp twin breaker for a Murray Panel.
Home Depot had two nearly identical ones:
Cutler Hammer BD1515 (with the "rejection tab" feature)
and the BR1515 without the tab.

I had not noticed if the mating contact in the panel had the notch for
the tab to go into,
so I bought the BR1515 that did not have the rejection tab.

As it happens, the contact in the panel was notched.

All is well. It works fine.


Questions:

The shelf label at Home Depot said that the BR1515 was "current
limiting" (I think) and the item cost $15.
..
It is "Class CTL" - "circuit" limiting. The breaker tab and panel rail
limit the number of poles that can be installed in the panel to the
maximum number of poles the panel was tested with. (Twin is 2 poles.)
..

The other one (BD1515) with the tab said "non current-limiting" (I
think) and only cost $9 or $10.


Besides the presence or absence of the tab, what other differences are
there between these items that explain the price difference?
..
Interesting the price difference is that great.
..

Should I be replacing the breaker I already installed with the kind with
the rejection tab, now that I know it fits? Am not concerned about the
price but about any other issue that I don't undertand.
..
It is a code violation to use a non-CTL breaker in a class CTL panel
(everything has been class CTL for a long time).

Practical answer - I agree with gfretwell - there should be no
electrical problem and the space allows a class CTL breaker, so you are
not violating the intent of the code.

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bud--

Thank you for the informative responses.
I understand now.

Thank you all very much.