wayne bittner Posted November 21, 2010 Report Share Posted November 21, 2010 My home is electrically wired using CEB panel bos and breakers. 100 amp service. 100 amp breaker has melted off one leg of connection. Anyone have any info as to where to find a replacement breaker would be muchly appreciated. Apparently this product has been discontinued. Wayne wsbittner@hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Jones Posted November 21, 2010 Report Share Posted November 21, 2010 My advice would be to replace the panel. They are known to have had issues. http://www.gfwfire.com/alerts/4/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted November 21, 2010 Report Share Posted November 21, 2010 It looks like Eaton Canada has what you want, an Eaton Type QBH. Check them out here: http://www.eatoncanada.ca/ResidentialPr ... t-on.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terence McCann Posted November 21, 2010 Report Share Posted November 21, 2010 It looks like Eaton Canada has what you want, an Eaton Type QBH. Check them out here: http://www.eatoncanada.ca/ResidentialPr ... t-on.shtml For my own interest - are they safe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted November 21, 2010 Report Share Posted November 21, 2010 It looks like Eaton Canada has what you want, an Eaton Type QBH. Check them out here: http://www.eatoncanada.ca/ResidentialPr ... t-on.shtml For my own interest - are they safe? I have no idea. They're bolt on-breakers, so that's one good thing -- the connection to the bus isn't about to get loose. Otherwise, I've never heard of them before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kogel Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 My home is electrically wired using CEB panel box and breakers. 100 amp service. 100 amp breaker has melted off one leg of connection. Anyone have any info as to where to find a replacement breaker would be muchly appreciated. Apparently this product has been discontinued. Wayne wsbittner@hotmail.com Your best move now will be to replace the panel. There's a good chance the bus bar is damaged as well where the connection burnt. You were lucky no serious fire occurred when the breaker fried up. Next time it could be much worse.If this breaker had been working properly, would it have melted? OK, so it was loose. Why would it become loose after 40 years of service? You could end up waiting till 2011 for Eaton to ship you a new main breaker. Can you trust the branch circuit breakers, that are also 40 yrs old? Will they still trip if they get overloaded? Have an electrician check it out and get some estimates. You might want to use this opportunity to upgrade to 200 amps. Even if you need to stick to 100 amps service for now, you could have the 200 amp panel installed with a 100 amp main breaker. I see CEB panels once in a while. I'm getting a mental picture of them in mobile homes, maybe. I was not aware of issues with them until now. But I've never come across those Ontario panels with the combination of breakers and fuses. One more item to watch for. Click to Enlarge 33.38 KB Thanks, Robert, for the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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