What do you call

[Mark P]

the part of a circuit breaker you move to turn the power on/off? Switch, handle, lever...

[Chad Fabry]

I call it a toggle. Marc probably calls it an "operator". Blum calls it the "thingy".

[Mark P]

I'm just trying to figure out how to say the two sides of this main breaker need to be connected. Maybe that is good enough.

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[fyrmnk]

Breaker tie or tie for the breakers is how I've always referenced them. Can't say for certain it's a technically correct name though but it always has gotten the point across.

[John Kogel]

"A breaker tie-bar is needed" avoids the difficult handle question. []

Wow, I just looked at the pic. Yes those 100 amp main handles certainly need a tie bar (handle tie).

[Mark P]

Breaker Tie Bar - thanks you sir!

[Douglas Hansen]

"Handle tie" is the term you find in the NEC [240.15(B)].

[Mark P]

Thank you Mr. Hansen, so I guess that makes them "Handles" and not switches or levers. Funny how trying to find the proper name for something I see every day, can make my head itch.

[Tom Raymond]

Just steal one from the 30s below it. That'll fix it[]

[gtblum]

Thank you Mr. Hansen, so I guess that makes them "Handles" and not switches or levers. Funny how trying to find the proper name for something I see every day, can make my head itch.

Yeah, well, they're still "thingys" to me.