I can't find a specific model of switchgear. 1

[ballsandy]

While i am involved in computer engineering i sometimes have to use my computer skills for other departments and sometimes i need help.
A few years ago (about 95) i was still in collage and was spending one afternoon rummaging through stuff that was being thrown out in one of the large labs. One item that caught my eye was a rather large current circuit breaker that looked exactly like the one on jurassic park. After talking to a few people i found out that the ratcheting system for the primer was broken and because it was also heavily worn (neglected) the university was replacing it.
Here i am ten years later now trying to find that same or clost to same breaker. I have frantically searched around and i just can not find any information that would tell me what company produced the breaker and what the model the unit was. Would anyone know what i am talking about and do you think you could mabye direct me to a site or something that would have what i am looking for?

 

[jraef]

I believe from memory of that movie that those were Westinghouse breakers. Looking at a still shot of a different scene, other smaller breakers are Westinghouse, and usually the props dept. would have bought a package. Westinghouse has been disolved and split up. Depending on the voltage, it would be either Cutler-Hammer (div. of Eaton Corp.) or ABB T&D. If it was 15kV or below that would be C-H, anything higher and it would be ABB. I'd say C-H, probably

I thought we had discussed this in this forum once a long time ago, but I couldn't find it in a Keyword search. Maybe the thread got edited for getting off topic.

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[analogkid2digitalman]

Here's the old thread, I believe

http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=127952

Wheels within wheels / In a spiral array
A pattern so grand / And complex
Time after time / We lose sight of the way
Our causes can't see / Their effects.

 

[jraef]

Nice find, yes that was it. I must have spelled Jurassic wrong in the keyword search. Thanks AKTDM

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[jschwei314]

The circuit breaker is an old SPB molded case circuit breaker.

Sometimes called POWER R or POWER 7.

This breakers are still made by Eaton/Cutler-Hammer. The breakers are being phased out.

The breakers are made in Beaver,PA.

 

[ballsandy]

I searched their product page and found nothing.
Oh well thanks anyways.

 

[ScottyUK]

Must have searched long and hard. Searching for 'spb' found over 200 hits. I'll save you the trouble - click the link.

http://www.eatonelectrical.com/NASA...me=C-H/CHHome/CHHomeSearchResults&keyword=spb

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[ballsandy]

I feel a little embarassed.
Thanks alot, I was looking for the testing manuals.