Federal Pacific Panel Pictures

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Federal pacific panel pictures.

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. Federal pacific stab lok breaker panels are normally easy to recognize. What is a federal pacific electric breaker panel. But experts warn that if a federal pacific electric panel experiences an overcurrent or short circuit it may not keep the electrical circuits from overheating and could possibly pose a fire hazard.

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. Fpe federal pacific or federal pioneer on the panel. They are typically clearly labeled with the words federal pacific electric or fpe also when you open the door you will often see the words stab lok in the center or on the side of the breaker panel. Our client suffered burn injuries as a result of an electrically caused fire.

Reliance electric the parent company for federal pacific electric company or fpe was producing some of the most widely used circuit breakers in north america in the period between 1950 to 1980 and they can be found in properties built up until the year 2000. The most popular breaker panel installed was the federal pacific stab lok breaker. A federal pacific electric fpe circuit breaker panel can appear to be working properly for years. The federal pacific fuse panel below is not an fpe stab lok product.