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No, a Cutler Hammer will not work in a GE panel or vice versa.
No, a Cutler Hammer will not work in a GE panel or vice versa.
The Cutler Hammer BR series will fit and also the Connecticut Electric UBITBC series will fit your Westinghouse service panel.
The key to breaker compatibility is if it fits correctly into the buss bars in the electric panel.
Cutler Hammer took over the Challenger company. Other sites list the Cutler Hammer BR breaker as the approved replacement.
GE or Siemens cutler hammer universal CL series
No, they will not fit. You can use Westinghouse, Cutler Hammer BR series, and Connecticut Electrical UBITBC series breaker. All of those will fit.
No, Sq D and Cutler Hammer breakers are not interchangeable.
Cutler began his career in 1975 as a financial analyst with Cutler-Hammer.
Cutler - Hammer manufactures two types of residential circuit breaker for the US. Type CH and type BR. The type BR will fit into most GE panels. It is probably a bad idea to use any other circuit breaker except the type listed on the label of the circuit breaker panel. GE panels require you to use GE circuit breakers. Using any other brand may put you at risk for liability if the installation fails and causes harm or damage.
Some breakers can trip totally off. If the breaker is continually turning off without a wiring issue, then the breaker could be going bad.
Bolt-on breakers have been made for Sylvania panels. But Sylvania breakers are not as common these days. Compatible devices are made by companies like Cutler-Hammer, with their BR series.