Circuit breakers are intended for protection of your home's wiring from high temperatures caused by excess current higher than the rating of the wire. Thermal magnetic circuit breakers are the key element for overload and short circuit protection of your electrical system. Rated for 120/240-Volt.
SIEMENS space saving, plug in circuit breakers are intended for use in SIEMENS EQ, SIEMENS Ultimate, ITE, and Gould load centers and meter combinations that are rated to accept type QT breakers. Check wiring diagram to confirm. To ensure the warranty on a SIEMENS panel is not voided, the use of SIEMENS breakers is required. The triplex breakers provide two single pole and one double pole breakers in half the space. These triplex, 1/2-Inch frame breakers are ideal when new circuits are required in a panel that has no available spaces.