Federal Pacific Electric Panel Recall

Fpe s parent company reliance electric co.

Federal pacific electric panel recall.

A circuit breaker that fails to trip could cause a fire or personal injury. These panels may still send power to the circuits even in the off setting causing the potential of electrocution or fires. As one of the most popular electrical panels in the united states millions of homes may be effected. That these panels pose a latent threat and could be a hazard.

And canadian homes were built with circuit breaker panels that one expert has questioned as a potential fire hazard. Using ul 289 test conditions the consumer product safety commission cpsc found that federal pacific electric panels may be unfit for homes. The materials used to construct the breakers may be weak. Millions of federal pacific electrical panels were manufactured and sold up until the 1980 s.

Issues about federal pacific electric s stab lok. The circuit breakers may fail to trip in the case of an overload or short circuit. If your home was built between 1950 and 1990 and is equipped with a federal pacific electric fpe circuit breaker panel with stab lok circuit breakers you run a significant risk of breaker malfunction and fire. The following has been said about federal pacific electric stab lok panels.

The breakers inside the panel are designed to guard your home against serious electrical problems by preventing circuit overload short circuits and outside power surges coming into. As a result the breakers may not trip and the panel could be susceptible to. The panel was well known in the building community as a cheaper alternative to some of the more recognizable panel companies such as general electric i t e and square d. Maintained that the federal pacific stab lok panel will trip reliably at most overload levels unless the breakers have been operated in a repetitive abusive manner that should not occur during residential use.