No Matter What Your Molded Case Circuit Breaker Needs May Be Eaton Has the Right Solution.

Eaton introduced the very first circuit breaker more than 70 years ago and has been the world leader ever since. One reason is Eaton’s unmatched dedication to continuously advancing circuit breaker technology. The first circuit breaker, the first motor circuit protector, the first molded case circuit breaker with an electronic trip unit, and the first true current limiting circuit breaker.

But being first is simply not enough. Where Eaton truly differentiates itself is in the way we support our products and our customers. Long after the product has been put into service, you can still rely on Eaton to be there with a full range of solutions.

Direct Replacement of Pre-Series C Molded Case Circuit Breakers
Eaton continues to manufacture and support Pre-Series C circuit breakers with the exact same vigor as we did 30 years ago when they were the latest and greatest of their day.

• Upgrade to the Series C Breaker?
  Since the Series C line of molded case circuit breakers is both Eaton's standard offering as well as being the best circuit breaker technology available in the world today, this is certainly an option worthy of your consideration.
• Try to find a replacement in the surplus market?
  If you wanted to invest the time and effort, you could probably find a surplus replacement for your thirty years old circuit breaker. Why do this? It may still be a thirty-year-old breaker. Where has it been? Has it been used? Will it operate as it should? Is it safe and is it worth the risk?
• Direct Replacement Molded Case Circuit Breakers
  Call your local authorized Eaton distributor and order newly manufactured breakers, by catalog number, exactly the same as the ones your are replacing. No need to worry about differing physical dimensions, wiring capacity, proper functioning, or electrical characteristics. A simples and safe solution your can depend on.

Panelboard Replacement Molded Case Circuit Breakers
In most cases, the electrical distribution system powering a facility is the same one that went in when the facility was originally constructed. Over the years there may have been additions or modifications, but many of the panelboards (and breakers) that you count on to keep your facility running could easily be 25 to 50 years old or older. So what do you do when you need to replace a breaker that is no longer manufactured?

• Install a whole new panelboard?
  If this is the option you are considering, there is more to think about than just the cost of the new panelboard. Labor and materials required to remove the old panelboard and install and rewire the new one may be cost prohibitive. The potentially significant costs of lost production as a result of a shut-down are also a factor.
  
• Use a new current production breakers?
  Precise fit is essential in panelboard applications. Close attention should be given to whether the physical dimensions of the new breaker are exactly the same as the one that is being replaced and also that the connectors will line up properly.
  
• Find a surplus breakers?
  Where has the surplus breaker been and will it perform as it was designed to? Will it be safe? What if someone were to be injured and what about the liability issue?
  
• Panelboard Replacement Breakers
  Newly manufactured breakers from the original manufacturer. Designed specifically to be physically and electrically interchangeable with the obsolete breakers you are replacing, UL listed, safe and reliable. The solution you can count on to fit.
  

Replacement Motor Control Center Molded Case Circuit Breakers
Westinghouse Type W and 11-300 Motor Control Centers have been in operation for decades. How do you replace the now out-of-production type FA, HFA, F or HF circuit breakers that were used in these motor control centers?

• Replace the whole MCC?
  An option, but probably overkill.
  
• Replace the entire bucket?
  An acceptable option, but may involve unnecessary expense if the only component that really needs to be replaced is the circuit breaker.
  
• Motor Control Center Replacement Breakers
  Newly manufactured by Eaton, physically and electrically interchangeable, UL listed, safe and reliable.

Factory Testing and Remanufacturing of Molded Case Circuit Breakers
Making changes to the layout of your facility? What about those circuit breakers that have been in service for decades? An unexpected breaker failure can be very costly. Have your circuit breakers been properly maintained over the years and are they functional and safe? Can you count on them to operate as they were designed to if called upon to interrupt a major fault current? Do you really need to replace your entire breaker or can your problem be solved with the simple inexpensive replacement of a UVR or shunt trip? How do you know for sure?

• Unauthorized third party repair?
  No matter how good the intentions of an unauthorized party this is a very risky option. Since Eaton does not sell circuit breaker component parts, these companies are using either used or counterfeit parts. Critical engineering data and tolerance specifications are proprietary to Eaton, so how can you be sure the repair work is correct?
  
• Factory Remanufactured and Tested Molded Case Circuit Breakers
  Only Eaton can provide all the advantages of having state-of-the-art test equipment, full engineering documentation, and seventy plus years experience manufacturing circuit breakers.

Factory Reconditioned Molded Case Circuit Breakers
Being the person responsible for running an aging facility while simultaneously facing demands for increased production and reduced expenditures is not always easy. Particularly when confronted with the complexities of grandfather clauses which restrict the range of possibilities even further. In the event that circumstances dictate that the only workable solution is to replace an obsolete circuit breaker with a replacement of the same “out-of-production” vintage….Eaton still offers a solution that you can depend on.

Unused, out-of-production circuit breakers are tested to the same specifications and manufacturing standards to which these breakers were originally built.

Series C Molded Case Circuit Breakers
These world-class breakers were introduced in 1982, setting the benchmark for all other molded case breakers. Series C is the primary Eaton molded case breaker offering and providing the ultimate combination of performance, availability and price. These breakers provide increased performance in considerably less space than standard breakers or comparable fusible devices.

They should be your replacement breakers of choice when exact physical dimensions or other constraints are not a factor. This means that you can take advantage of their increased ratings and up to seven times the interrupting ratings of standard circuit breakers. Electronic trip units, available on many Series C Breakers, provide true rms sensing, increased accuracy, and improved system coordination. Many of these trip units have monitoring and communications capabilities, providing sophisticated power quality and energy management information.

Digitrip OPTIM Trip Unit System
Information is one way to increase productivity because it can help you to better manage your production process…and provide early warnings to reduce downtime. How can you cost-effectively obtain information to increase productivity and upgrade your distribution system?

A programmable microprocessor-based trip unity system that provides many features that will keep your system operating more productively. OPTIM 750 and 1050 both provide protection and coordination capabilities, load monitoring, diagnostics, and communications. OPTIM 1050 adds power, energy, and harmonics monitoring capabilities. Each can be used with these Series C Breakers: L-,N-, and R-Frame. Digitrip OPTIM can be provided in a factory assembled Series C Circuit Breaker enclosure that can be economically added to existing distribution equipment.