Question Colored breaker Panels

I ran into another Colored breaker panel and looking to learn a little bit more about them ?
Appears to be Crouse Hinds company with Bryant Breakers ?

Now are all panels that have Red ,blue , green breakers deemed Problematic? And most importantly Can they Potentially have safety issues with breakers not tripping?

And lastly can clients Possibly have issues with getting Insurance?

This is a 100 amp Sub Panel and the main panel is also only 100 amps is that a proper installation?

Thank you all in advance for any help with



Here’s Main Panel . Now I seen the missing punch outs on sub panel and missed twist out on main panel!


The color only indicates the amp rating of the breaker. Why would this be problematic?

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Regarding the colored breakers it sounds like you’re thinking of Zinsco.

The 100 amp feeder from the 100 amp service is fine. It appears that the sub-panel has a GEC are these panels within the same structure?

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Crouse Hinds isn’t on any official “naughty list”.
Tons of those panels here in my area, FWIW.

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I agree with Robert, also keep in mind that the some of the GTE-Sylvania panels are problematic as that company purchased Zinsco and used the same design for a number of years.

The panel you appear to have here is a Crouse Hinds/Bryant panel.

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Well actually the main panel is this old wooden structure that was the Original Structure and that’s where the meter is!

But that panel feeds the Crouse Hinds /Bryant panel. Both panels are 100 amp
Main panel is only 100 amp - Now can that panel feed another 100 amp sub panel?
Original panel is Square D

Yes I’m thinking of Zinsco! My original schooling that is Ashi standards said that those colored breakers are a flag basically Or indication of those type of problematic type panel !
So this is Not one of those panels??

FYI. Be doing some research… Crouse-Hinds Electric Company is a very old company established in 1897 in Syracuse, New York. The panel label indicates that the manufacturer of this panel is Crause-Hinds as a subdivision of Cooper Industries, which would make it post 1981 manufacturing. My understanding is that as of 2012 Crause-Hinds is now a subdivision of Eaton. My curiosity was piqued because I recently ran across a Crause-Hinds that appeared as a subdivision of Murray and was wondering where it fits in that timeline.

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Bryant breakers were also colored.

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Good point. As well, the the molded case circuit breaker color is on the switch or operator handle.

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Bryant and Crouse-Hinds panels never shared ownership but the Crouse-Hinds panels did allow Bryant, and ITE, breakers to be used in their panels.

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