[RE-wrenches] Seeking DC breaker to fit ancient AEE/ Gudgel enclosure for Trace PVGFP
Ray Walters
ray at solarray.com
Tue Mar 11 13:47:54 PDT 2025
Hi Mick;
I have a 100 A model with the mechanical lugs, low profile, made for
surface mount, like you're looking for. I've seen them referred to as
a medium body Heinneman breaker. This is surface mount vs panel mount
which has the studs off the back.
Ray Walters
Remote Solar
On 3/11/2025 2:20 PM, Bradley Bassett via RE-wrenches wrote:
> Those part numbers indicate an item from between 2003 and 2008 from
> AEE. I don't remember what they are though, and do not see those items
> codes in any old AEE catalogs. Besides Schneider, Magnum also sold
> similar breakers in 70A and 100A I think. You could probably source
> them from a breaker distributor but at much higher cost.
>
> Brad Bassett
>
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM Mick Abraham via RE-wrenches
> <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
>
> Hello, Mechanics~
>
> I sold this early GFI for PV arrays to a homeowner decades ago.
> Page 2-5 of the attachment mentions a custom enclosure from AEE
> Solar; AEE part number 53.0090 and breaker mounting plate 53-0094.
> I'm sure that's probably what I bought for mounting the GFP
> assembly. The breaker plate is pre punched to fit the mounting
> tabs on back of these CF style breakers. This may also be known as
> an E-series breaker.
>
> I suspect this box was a joint project involving Dave Katz & Robin
> Gudgel. Now I need to add a suitable single pole DC breaker but
> all I have found so far are those with terminal studs that poke
> out out the back of the breaker. Two different eBay vendors had a
> photo that looked right but the product they shipped had the
> studs. I'm sure the breaker is non-custom but I haven't found an
> easy source for quantity one.
>
> I think the breaker body is 1" wide. Ideal specs would be 100 amp
> rated, and any voltage rating above 50. 80 amp rating would
> probably also work. It's for a 24v battery off grid setup. If
> anyone has a part they could sell to me, please reply off-list
> with a description of the age & condition, & requested prepayment
> including slow boat shipping to the SLC region, Utah.
>
> OR: if anyone could suggest a vendor who's likely to have this,
> all suggestions would be welcomed. Thanks in advance; the Wrench
> List is the Bomb~
>
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