I can't speak for CH, but I know Schneider (SquareD) had some serious COVID issues with their plants in Mexico and elsewhere. One could still get single 15A or 20A breakers, but any quads or tandems (especially in odd sizes) were very hard to come by.madbrain wrote: ↑Thu Nov 25, 2021 12:02 am A local electrical supply store quoted me $350 for this circuit breaker :
https://www.superbreakers.com/cutler-ha ... it-breaker
It's unobtainium from any regular place online. Not regularly stocked or orderable from Home Depot/Lowe's.
I suppose it's not the most common breaker type, but still. The point of that breaker is to add a circuit to a panel that doesn't have any space left (assuming load isn't an assuming). But at $350 a breaker, you can add a whole new subpanel and move a few loads there to get more space instead.
I ended up putting in a 60A subpanel rather than mess with the crazy breakers. Most areas require AFCI and/or GFCI on most circuits now anyways, and you can't use the 'space saving' for those. I think I paid almost $4/ft for 6/3 NM, and I think it's closer to $6 now. I should've put my portfolio in copper.