CONNECTICUT ELECTRICUBIF230N FPE Circuit Breaker, 2-Pole 30-Amp Thick Series

It works

I ordered this one by mistake, as my panel is "thin series". But this thick one fits, no problem. IN FACT, if you have a "thin series" with enough extra room, I recommend the thick series breakers for your 2-pole breakers. They take up 4 slots of the thin series panel, but the stab connections make more contact area, which means less heat warping over time. (which kinda matters on these old panels). I had to move some things around, and knock out another panel cover plate, but it works great. And all my fears of having to replace the whole panel are now gone. Great smooth breaker. There is no way you'd be able to replace all of the thin breakers with thick breakers on a thin series panel, though. You'd eventually run out of room. But it's a great idea to replace the 2-poles. A/C, Stove, and Dryer. The old 2-pole stab-lok breakers are the ones that have the danger associated with them anyway, not so much the single poles for lights and outlets. THIS IS NOT ADVICE, ONLY MY OPINION. CONSULT AN ELECTRICIAN IF YOU AREN'T ONE. WORKING ON ELECTRICAL PANELS IS DANGEROUS. IF YOU ARE NOT PROPERLY TRAINED YOU COULD BE KILLED BY ELECTRICAL SHOCK.

Perfect fit and great price...saving me the trouble and savings of replacing the entire electrical panel at a 2,500 price tag. The breaker operated my furnace so it was nice having heat again because it does get very cold at nights in Dayton Ohio.

Would have preferred slim breaker which only takes up 2 spaces instead of 4 spaces for the thick one.On off switch seems easy to move which had me worried it would trip easy but have had no issues with it.

A little pricey for what I figured a double breaker should cost, but it would appear these are 'scarce'. Will update in case of failure.