Product Overview
GE Thermal Overload Heater Element, Code C6.95A, Unused From Old Stock
Condition
Unused, new old stock, clean and in excellent condition. The photographs show the element loose and by itself: a light tan fiber insulating base with a brass eyelet terminal at each end and a formed metal heater wire that rises from the base and returns to it, each end flattening into a curled tab that wraps around the outside of an eyelet rather than passing through it. Both eyelet bores are open and clear in the photos, as they need to be for the relay's terminal screws. The eyelets are bright brass with no green or dark tarnish, the wire carries an even matte factory finish, and the base shows no scorching, cracking, or mounting scars. The underside of the base carries the ink marking C6.95A, with the last character running right to the edge of the base. Against the Fowler inch rule in the photos the base measures approximately 1.3 inches long, and the whole element sits under two inches in every direction. No packaging, retaining hardware, or mounting screws appear in the photos.
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Product Overview
This is a General Electric thermal overload heater element carrying the heater code C6.95A, the small calibrated part that goes into the overload relay of a motor starter. A heater element is a low-resistance metal strip or wire that heats up in proportion to the current the motor pulls, imitating the motor's own thermal behavior so the relay can trip before the windings cook. Unlike a fuse or a circuit breaker, which protects the conductors by interrupting the current itself, the heater does not burn open: it simply gets warm and lets the relay make the decision. Construction here is straightforward and visible in every photo, a fiber insulating card about 1.3 inches long, two brass eyelets that take the relay's terminal screws, and a single formed wire bridging them. Heater elements are selected from the manufacturer's heater table by motor full load amps and starter size, so the code marked on the base is the number that matters. Sold as one piece, unused from old stock.
Key Features
- Manufacturer: General Electric
- Heater code: C6.95A, marked in ink on the underside of the base
- Type: thermal overload heater element for motor starter overload relays
- Construction: fiber insulating base, two brass eyelet terminals, one formed metal heater wire
- Size: base approximately 1.3 inches long against the ruler; overall envelope under two inches
- Condition: unused new old stock, clean, no scorching or installation marks
- Supplied as: the element only, as photographed
- Current rating: not confirmed here - match code C6.95A against the GE heater table for your relay before use
Applications
- Plant electrician rebuilding a GE across-the-line starter and matching heater codes to the motor nameplate amps
- Maintenance tech restocking an MCC spares drawer with the exact heater code called out on the bucket
- Machine rebuilder returning an older control panel to original spec instead of retrofitting a solid-state overload
- Restorer of vintage industrial control gear who wants the original style heater back in the relay
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the C6.95A code actually tell me?
It is the GE heater selection code, and it is what you match. Overload heaters are picked from the manufacturer's heater table using the motor's full load amps and the starter size, not by reading a number out of the code itself. We are not publishing an amp rating for this piece. Check C6.95A against the GE heater table for your specific overload relay before you install it.
Will this heater work in a starter from another brand?
Assume no. Heater elements are dimensionally and thermally specific to the relay they were designed for, and they are generally not interchangeable between manufacturers or even across series from the same manufacturer. If C6.95A does not appear in the heater table for your relay, this is not the part.
Has it been tested electrically?
No. We describe it by what we can see and photograph, and what we see is an unused element from old stock with clean eyelets, an unmarked base, and an undisturbed wire. There is no resistance figure published for it. If your maintenance procedure calls for verifying a heater before it goes in, measure it against GE's data for this code.
What comes in the package?
The heater element by itself, exactly as photographed. No terminal screws, no relay, no original box or bag. The photos are the spec sheet on that point.
I only need two or three for one starter. Can I buy just that many?
Yes, and that is the point of buying it here. A three pole starter takes three heaters, a single pole job takes one, and you should not have to buy a forced lot of ten or fifty to get there. Order the count your relay actually calls for, from a piece that has been photographed from six angles first. Stock on this code is limited to what the page shows. Shipping is an $8 flat rate and goes free once your order passes $28, so it is worth pairing this with the rest of your panel list, and orders leave our Idaho warehouse the same or next business day.
Bent wire, a fiber card, two brass eyelets, and a code written on the back: that is the whole margin between a motor that keeps running and one that does not. Match the code to your starter and this one goes back to being the part nobody thinks about.
