[Question] Installation of circuit breakers

[Harry S]

Please help: are there adaptor plates available to mount a DIN Rail circuit breaker to a mini rail? My local hardware / electrical store does not have anything like that in stock, and a Google search also does not return any results, except for suggesting that a piece of the mini rail be cut out of the db board and replaced with a similar length of DIN rail.

[AndyD]

I'm not sure what the mini rail is, is it same as a standard DIN rail profile but smaller or does if have a 'C' or 'G' type profile. You also get samite rail that the CBI breakers mount on and a very old type rail for the Heinemann breakers that incorporated a spring clip at the bottom.

Here's some of the available DIN profiles;

[MullerR]

The "Mini Rail" is the "samite rail". I know you get an adapter plate from Samite to DIN and from Heineman to Samite. Not quite sure about Samite to DIN?

[MullerR]

Wtf did i post..? Haha...must have been distracted....haha. yes,there is in fact an adaptor to fit into yout mini or samite rail to enable you to install din rail mcb's etc. I will post a picture later.

[MullerR]

Heineman to Samite Adaptor Plate


Samite to DIN


Samite or "Mini Rail"

[Harry S]

Thanks MullerR, it was indeed the little plastic clip on your second picture. I had to use 2 of those because of the width of the timer switch I installed but it is working fine.