Please help identify old Cutler Hammer circuit breaker

[cfjwang]

I bought a very old house and have difficulty finding a replacement circuit breaker. The control panel is labeled as Cutler Hammer. The closest circuit breaker I can find locally is shown at the top of

. The bottom part is the one I am trying to replace. It has a notch on one side. There is metal bar inside the control panel that prevents the CH130 from being plugged in, while the notch on the old circuit breaker allows for the insertion. (The metal bar is shown in the lower middle part of

Can anyone help me identify what type of circuit breaker this is and where I can buy these?

Best regards,

Jerry

[SQLit]

There is a Purple book available from CH/Eaton called the YES book. (Your Electrical Solutions) It shows all of the old Westinghouse and CH out of production equipment and the current product, if available. You need to find a CH/Eaton Sales office to get one or to do your research. A wholesale house might not know that they even have the book.

I used to work for them, but not in the residential parts. You MAY be faced with some options that are less desirable than just replacement.

The other posters suggestion of going to the wholesale house is a good start.

[scott21230]

Have you tried eBay?

[Doug Miller]

[snip]

Take it to a local electrical supply house (YellowPages, "Electic Equipment & Supplies) and ask for one like it. If they don't have it, they can order it, or tell you where to get it.

[cfjwang]

Did that before posting. Home Depot, Lowes and other people in the trade suggested Platt (the largest electric supplier in Seattle area). But nobody in Platt had an answer. Also tried ETA (Internet search on its catelog), eBay, etc. No good result.

Jerry

[cfjwang]

Did all above. No good answer.

[RBM]

Anthony, you're way off the mark. He has an old "ch" and a new "ch" both made by Cutler Hammer.. The " BR" now made by Cutler Hammer was the old Bryant circuit breakers and are completely dissimilar to the "ch"

[Anthony Guzzi]

The Home Depot sells most single pole and some double pold CH-series of circuit breakers.

But they're not going to be able to identify your mystery breaker, just offer a suitable replacement, e.g. one of the CH-series they have. So you better know what amperage you want ahead of time.

[Anthony Guzzi]

Your circuit breaker is of the Cutler-Hammer CH series. The newer ones are of the BR series. The older ones CH series. They don't make boxes that use them any longer, but still produce CH breakers as replacements.

I forgot to add, your mystery breaker, seems to me like a "CH-Series compatible" breaker. In other words, a clone. There are a few vendors of "compatible" breakers, look-alikes. I think that is what yours is. A CH-clone. The way I'm able to tell is the hole in the lever, and the notch in the side, and the uncovered hook at the bottom. However it's DEFINATELY a CH breaker. A CH-series breaker will work great, as it's a genuine article. All you have to do is figure out the amperage now, but it's probably written on the front of the switch lever.

Please let me know if anything I've said is helpful to you.