[RE-wrenches] Seeking DC breaker to fit ancient AEE/ Gudgel enclosure for Trace PVGFP

[Dana Orzel]

My iPhone popped up with Northern Arizona solar electric known as NAZ as having one
Dana Orzel
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On Mar 11, 2025, at 2:48 PM, Ray Walters via RE-wrenches <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:



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<mailto: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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