20 Most Recent Siemens 2 single pole 15 amp breaker Questions & Answers

The breaker has gone bad . You no longer have arc fault protection .

This does not appear to be an issue with the current recall action. (More info here: http://www.usa.siemens.com/pluginrecall )

Please contact an authorized electrician for assistance diagnosing your issue.

Hi. I'm a Siemens employee directly involved in helping customers with this situation. You may check the following website for information on the breakers affected. Please use the response form there if you need further assistance:

www.usa.siemens.com/pluginrecall

Also, you may check with your local distributors for assistance with replacements. They have quarantined the affected breakers and should be able to sell existing unaffected stock.

https://www.sea.siemens.com/us/Sales/Pages/Distributor-Locator.aspx

Enter your zip code and choose Residential Products or Murray depending on the branding of your circuit breaker.

unplug the appliance that is overloading the breaker.
reset the breaker, plug in the appliance. if the breakers pops, then the appliance is the problem.
you may want to check the appliace manual and make sure the breaker is rated for the appliance you are using.

this is a double pole circuit breaker that is used for a 240 volt device the bar in the middle is to shut down at the same time you can take it to a hardware store to replace it but the bar is factory made siemens is one common breaker or there might be a substute they can give you also

So likely you have a 3 wire dryer cord and a 3 wire branch circuit. The dryer neutral is bonded to the dryer frame and the third wire of the dryer plug.

There were code exceptions for dryers and stoves that allowed timer motor circuits to use the neutral as a current carrier and frame ground.

To use the GFCI for the dryer you will be required to add an additional conductor (new 3 wire+ground cable) and separate the neutral to frame bond in the dryer and use a 4 wire dryer cord.

Likely you also have some GFCI single pole breakers and replaced ungrounded receptacles with grounded (another code exception) and they work OK. The dryer and stove are different as there is current on the third wire where as on the ungrounded receptacle GFCI there is no 3rd wire.

In breif, the neutral (current carrier conductor) from the dryer must be isolated from the dryer frame and dryer ground (fault current carrier conductor).

Or just leave it the way it was.

Check with local authority with jurisdiction for local code requirements.

you may have agfi outlet in the circuit. the outlet has 2 push buttons in the middle. it maybe an outside outlet that is tripped some contractors hook up the circiut like that

https://www.google.com/search?q=+Wiring+diagram+siemens+se20t594eu&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

Check garvin Industries website. they offer a multiple of different lock systems for breakers

It sounds like the breaker at the metering base is tripped. You will need to locate the meter base outside to find the breaker. You can also call your local utility company service provider and report a power outage. they typically will come out free of charge to verify power.

Yes it's correct the Ground Bar connects to the metal box, scrape some paint off to make a good bond, this also requires 4 wires to be correct, green ground, white insulated neutral, black L1 and red L2

Don't think there is one that small. Are you asking the right question?

Go to any home store and ask them, they will have the breaker or one to use as a replacement

Flip each breaker all the way off and then all the way back on.. If that doesn't fix the problem, look for a tripped GFI (go around and press the reset button on any outlets that have the buttons "test" and "reset"). If that still doesn't work, you should probably contact an electrician.

A shunt is always energized and it has a purpose. The purpose is to bypass some of the load from the main circuit. It would be tripping due to overload

reset the GFCI and they will all work. The other two are down stream from the gfci.

http://www.buildingtechnologies.siemens.com/bt/uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/sbt_internet_uk/residential/instructions/rwb9_i.pdf

Here is the full manual.
If all else fails, try disconnecting power and reconnecting.
Or Reset.
You are on your own with either of the last two suggestions.
Gary