I need to make room in my shop sub panel for another circuit. There is one 20A 220v breaker that takes up two 1" locations in the box (typical fat 220V breaker). Seems to me I could replace this with a slim-line double pole 20A breaker. I think these are sometimes called peanut breakers. I found a GE breaker in this style with the legs of both circuits bound together to make a common 220V breaker in one 1" package, but GE doesn't fit in my panel. I need either Siemens or Suare-D. I did find a Siemens double pole 20A slim-line breaker at Home Depot where both of the levers have a hole drilled thru them... can't I insert a plastic dowell thru both to convert this to a 220V breaker? Or is there something I'm not considering here? Thanks for your advice!

funfamilyfare

Well that did it! I picked up the quad breaker and a new 8-breaker box, and am now enjoying the new lighting circuit i needed. After looking at this quad, it certainly was obvious why I couldn't have used. the twin for 240V application. Once again, thanks! Your experience saved me a bunch of time and frustration.
Best regards,
FFF

stanfortyman

See that.

Thanks for the feedback. it's good to hear that things worked out.