Bulldog Pushmatic Circuit Breakers -Still available?

I believe Siemens owns the Pushmatic name now; not sure if they still make replacement breakers or not. If you buy a new Siemens panel it will probably use the ITE style breakers (universal)

nate

What did your Google search indicate?

R

Lots of new and used on Ebay and from a couple of sources I never heard of. I was wondering if they might still be popular enough to be somewhat available at local electrical supply stores.

*Yes PushMatic replacements are still available. They are made by Siemens. One of the electrical supply companies that I deal with has them on the shelf. You should probably contact one that is a Siemens distributor. You might try Home Depot since they sell Murray which is a Siemens brand. I think Lowes sells Siemens so they might have PushMatic also.

Yes they are still available at electrical supply houses, but as with all obsolete breakers, they're expensive. The last time I got a double 50 pushmatic, it cost $70. If you've got the time, you may want to try the internet or Ebay

What did your phone calls to local electrical stores indicate?

It was after noon on Saturday, this is Memorial day weekend and everything was closed, That's why I posted here, to see what I might find out next Tuesday and to prepare my neighbor for what might happen, he is well over 80 and not particularly happy about big $$ surprises. $50 - 100 dollars will not be good news, but not too bad either..

Have him focus on your free labor.

R

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R

Now, that makes sense. Since the stores are closed for the weekend. Double 50, would that be for the electric range? It may be possible to swap it out with the double 30 (from the clothes dryer). He won't be able to run all the burners at the same time, but he will be able to cook on one or two burners. At least that will take some of the strain off.

Thank you for helping take care of elderly folks. Someday I'll be elderly, and I'll need people like you to take care of me. Wish more people would care for the elderly.

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pismotidy had written this in response to

: I have a Bulldog Pushmatic panel in a 50 year old house, and the plastic casing on a 30 amp breaker broke, causing the button to always pop out. I found plenty of inexpensive ($15) replacements at 'SFO Reps' in San Carlos, California. Their website is For the sake of Google searches, I'm including the full details below: Bulldog Pushmatic Model: PI-14-3L Serial: 962326

jeff Burlingame, California

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*Pushmatic replacement circuit breakers are now made by Siemens. Any electrical supply company that carries Siemens products should have them or be able to get them.

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