Breaker panel question

Yeah, it's funny over the years manufacturers have gone away from coloring breakers. Old fuses were often color coded and I guess that just trickled to breakers. Zinsco/Magnestrip panels from the 50s era had kind of pastel colored breakers. Sylvania panels are probably the most recent to be colored but seemed to end in the 90s. I can't think if any modern day panels that have it. They are all just black. And this is all residential I'm talking about - RVs are probably similar though as far as age. Like others have said it has to do with Amp rating. You can always look closely on the ends of the switches or somewhere close and you'll see a 15, 20, 30, etc. for the amps.

Blues, are just really cold people of any color!

Affirmative Action?
that way you got the whites, blacks and reds covered
Blues I don't know about.

Kinda hard to see from the picture you posted but by any chance do the colors indicate what size breaker it is--blue is 15 amp or red is 20 amp. I have seen this on other electrical panels.


The information is out there, all you have to do is let it in.

I was looking at breaker panels on google the other day and noticed the RED and BLUE breakers too... This is what I saw...



Didn't read anywhere what the two different colors represented...

I have seen RED toggle breakers for sale on the Blue Sea site. The description says this...


Description
Magnetic hydraulic circuit breakers that combine switching and circuit protection into a single device.
Meets American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC) standards
The industry standard circuit breaker for Blue Sea Systems" electrical panels
Combines switching and circuit protection into a single device
"Trip Free" design cannot be held "ON" during fault current condition

They also sell WHITE and BLACK toggle levers.... ????

ADDED NOTE: AFter reading description for the BLACK and WHITE toggles I see they all have the same description... I am beginning to think the different colors are just for the user different applications - No electrical differences...

Roy ken

Probably the red are 20 amp and the blue are 15 amp, just my guess.

Please post a picture. Is it exactly half? Could be for the two 50 amp legs of your shore power connection.

No - some manufacturers just use different colors. There is no difference in the breakers.

Ron