[RE-wrenches] APT Beaker

Ray Walters ray at solarray.com
Sat Jul 18 22:27:14 PDT 2015


I've seen both on the DC side.  The QOU also had a high VDC rating (125 
v as I recall).

R.Ray Walters
CTO, Solarray, Inc
Nabcep Certified PV Installer,
Licensed Master Electrician
Solar Design Engineer
303 505-8760

On 7/18/2015 9:51 PM, Allan Sindelar wrote:
> Ray,
> The AC breakers were SqD QOU; the DC were Heineman/Carling/Airpax CF 
> series.
>
> *Allan Sindelar*
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>
> On 7/18/2015 8:27 PM, Ray Walters wrote:
>> I thought the APT panels had Square D QOU breakers?  Also Midnite 
>> makes an adapter plate that lets you use a newer panel mount DC 
>> breaker in the place of the old medium Heini breakers. Might not help 
>> there.
>> I added an MPPT controller to an APT center a couple years ago, and I 
>> just added a small secondary breaker box, because I didn't have right 
>> size QOU.
>>
>> R.Ray Walters
>> CTO, Solarray, Inc
>> Nabcep Certified PV Installer,
>> Licensed Master Electrician
>> Solar Design Engineer
>> 303 505-8760
>>
>> On 7/18/2015 10:36 AM, William Dorsett wrote:
>>> Those were Eaton/Heinemann Breakers, and distributors can be found at
>>> http://www.sourceesb.com/eatonheinemannproducts/distributors-and-vendors/. 
>>>
>>> Wish Ananda Power was still around.
>>>
>>> Bill Dorsett
>>> Manhattan, KS
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On
>>> Behalf Of William Miller
>>> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2015 5:58 AM
>>> To: RE-wrenches
>>> Subject: [RE-wrenches] APT Beaker
>>>
>>> Friends:
>>>
>>> I am adding an MPPT charge controller to a functioning APT power 
>>> center. I
>>> need one breaker for the job. The breakers are like those used in 
>>> the Trace
>>> DC250 cabinets but surface mount. Where do I look for one of these, 
>>> please?
>>>
>>> Thank you very much.
>>>
>>> William
>>>
>>>
>>>
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