Zinsco Circuit Breaker Cross Reference

Photo of a recent gte sylvania zinsco circuit breaker burn up courtesy of jeff weissman.

Zinsco circuit breaker cross reference.

Sylvania non zinsco circuit breaker electrical panel identification guide. You can check under the panel column for compatible eaton ul classified breakers. Gte sylvania zinsco electrical panels and circuit breakers use a thin vertical bus bar and deep slots into the connecting circuit breaker to form a connection that corrodes arc burns overheats and is unreliable. These panels and circuit breakers are in our opinion unsafe and should be replaced.

On 2017 10 08 by mod magnatrip zinsco circuit breaker body has always been black. If you are speaking of the original magnatrip zinsco circuit breakers the body has always been black unless it is the current replacement that is grey manufactured by ubi. For instance the chart below shows an example of a cross reference of type cl 1 breakers that could be interchangeable for panel installations. There are charts that show what circuit breakers are interchangeable.

The home reference book. Re posting without joe s advertisement joe jrl electric supply said. Here we provide text labels and equipment photographs used to help identify sylvania electrical panels and circuit breakers.