Federal Pacific (FPE) Panels and Breaker Danger
 

The Best Website on the Danger of a Federal Pacific (FPE)
Breaker or Panel can be accessed by clicking on image above.
This website explains the fire and shock hazards associated with
Federal Pacific Electric Stab-lok circuit breakers and service panels,
provides a history of the issue, recounts research on FPE failures,
and recommends replacement of the panels.

Federal Pacific Electric "Stab-Lok" service panels and breakers are a
latent hazard and can fail to trip in response to overcurrent, leading
to electrical fires. The breakers may also fail to shut off internally
even if the toggle is switched to "off." Some double-pole (240-Volt)
FPE circuit breakers and single-pole FPE Stab-Lok circuit breakers
simply do not work safely. There are other panel-defects
independent of the breaker problems, panel and panel-bus fires and
arcing failures in some equipment. The failure rates for these circuit
breakers were and still are significant. In some cases failure to trip
occurs 60% of the time - a serious fire and electrical shock hazard.
Failures are documented in the CPSC study and by independent
research. Additional independent testing and research are on-going
and are reported here.
 

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