Replacement panel board and methods for selecting
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsRathishchandra Gatti, Peter James Greenwood, Bradley E. Parlee, Veeresh Somalingayya
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Abstract
A panel board retrofit kit, and method of selecting a panelboard retrofit kit, for replacing a panel board having a switching device in an enclosure is disclosed. The panel board retrofit kit has a first dead front plate having a first aperture, and a second dead front plate having a second aperture. The second aperture of the second panel board dead front plate is configurable to overlap at least a portion of said first aperture of said first dead front plate. The disclosed panelboard retrofit kit and method enable replacement of an installed panel board without removing or replacing the panel board enclosure.
Claims7
A panel board retrofit kit for replacing a panel board in an enclosure, the panel board having a switching device installable thereon, said panel board retrofit kit comprising:
- a cover plate configured to be attached to said enclosure, said cover plate comprising an opening sized and disposed to provide operative access to said switching device;
- a first dead front plate configured to cooperate with said cover plate said first dead front plate configurable to have an first aperture, said first aperture sized and disposed to provide operative access to said switching device;
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- a second dead front plate configured to be attached to said first dead front plate, and configurable to have a second aperture, said second aperture being configurable to overlap at least a portion of said first aperture of said first panel board dead front plate.
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