Working on a homelight panel and the panel says cb type “hom” and “homT”, but “homT” will not go in fanel. What is up with that?
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It may be a "pre-70" panel. I ran into this problem earlier this summer.
I had to put in a split breaker, Lowes had two kinds, a cheap one, and a more expensive "pre-70" version. Guess which one I needed.
Edited 10/3/2007 9:42 pm ET by MSA1
The panel is from 2005 though.
bhackford,
I am not an electrician , nor familiar with your specific panel.
I do know that most panels will only accept a limited number of "twins" and then in only certain portions of the panel.
Could it be that you are trying to fit it into the panel in an area that it won't accept it?
Should have a listing of how many "twins" and common breakers the panel will accept with the manufacturers data on the panel .
"Poor is not the person who has too little, but the person who craves more."...Seneca
Would it tell you the slot number that a twin will fit in? Where on the inside label?
bhackford, My panel had a label on the door that showed where one could place the twins. Mine was new and the info was also in the litrature that came with the panel. In mine it was the lower 1/3 of the panel. You might try simply pulling a few breakers and looking for differences in the buss bars and lugs."Poor is not the person who has too little, but the person who craves more."...Seneca
Typically it is the bottom slots.What is the model number of your panel?Tyically it will give the amperage and the number of slots and the number of poles.One with a 200 and 3040 in the numbers will be a 200 amp panel with 30 slots and 40 poles. And 10 being able to accept tandems.There should be an "electrical" diagram of the panel on the lable and you can tell which accepts the tandems by the narrow spacing of that part.With the part number you should be able to find it on Sq D's website if it is not on your panel.IIRC it the those at the bottom of the panel..
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.