Square D™ Service Upgrade Load Center Innovative design for faster, easier remodel installation
Service Upgrade Load Center The Square D™ Service Upgrade Load Center is designed to make challenging flush mount, remodel service upgrade jobs easier. Feeding wires one by one into a flush mount load center enclosure, while not damaging drywall, is one of the hardest parts of a service upgrade job. With the unique, streamlined design of the Square D Service Upgrade Load Center and longer cover accessory, you’ll realize all the benefits of a faster, easier changeout.
Top and bottom removable end wall plates make it easier to pull existing wires into the box Two more inches top and bottom than a standard cover Longer covers now available for both HomeLine™ and QO™ load centers Inside view of load center Load center end wall with both plates installed Two of each end plate shown are supplied with the load center
Ordering information Catalog number Description QO140M200EP* Load center (main breaker) QOC40UFL Longer QO cover option Load center with HOM3040M200CEP* standard cover (main breaker) Amps Wire size AWG/kcmil 200 #4-250 Al/Cu — — 200 #4-250 Al/Cu HOMC30UFL Longer HomeLine cover option — — EWPLATE Blank end wall plates (four pack) — — * EP – End plates Note: All products and parts included in the table above are for indoor use only.
Product features • Available for QO™ (40 circuit, 200 A, main breaker) and HomeLine™ (30 space, 40 circuit, 200 A, main breaker) load centers • Each load center ships with four end plates: — Two plates with five ½ in. knockouts and two ¾ in. knockouts — Two plates with four ½ in. knockouts and one 1¼ in.
Step by step Remove the existing load center from the wall. Using the Square D Service Upgrade Load Center as a stencil, mark a “cut line.” Cut out the template drawn on the drywall. Be careful not to cut existing wire. Put an S-bend in the wires that will enter the bottom of the enclosure and push them down into the wall cavity. Bunch the top feed wires together and feed them through the holes in the endwalls. Slide the Square D Service Upgrade Load Center up into position (easy).
Feed individual wires through the knockouts of the removable end plates. Make sure the side stating “out” will face the outside of the enclosure and slide the removable plates up the wires. Pivot the wire-loaded end plate and screw into position.* Some drywall damage above or beneath the enclosure can be covered up by the Square D Service Upgrade Load Center’s longer cover. Continue to wire the device as you would with a traditional load center.
I’m also keen to use this load center in flushmount applications for residential new-build. Once the homeowner moves in and wants to add a circuit, I can simply open one of the plates and fish wire up into the box through that — no need to damage any drywall! — Mike Fletcher, residential wireman West Side Electric, Portland, Oregon For more information, visit www.schneider-electric.
