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and inspection after the work."
Leland
Austin, TX
"I highly recommend Guaranteed
Electrical Services to do your
electrical job. Ron and Tom did a
marvelous job on my services
upgrade. Absolutely zero
problems with the permit process
and inspection after the work."
Leland
Austin, TX
Federal Pacific Electric (FPE, aka Stab-Lok) electric
panels have a history of breakers not tripping when
they should.
The Problem
Circuit breakers are supposed to shut off when
current reaches levels that could start a fire or
damage equipment. Due to design and/or quality
control problems, the FPE Stab-Lok circuit breakers
do not always work reliably. Testing has shown that
roughly 30% of the 2-pole circuit breakers fail to trip
when they should. Virtually 100% of some lots of
these breakers are defective.
Fuses served the same safety function before we had
circuit breakers. The situation with the FPE circuit
breakers is the same as the old unsafe (but common)
practice of over fusing or putting a penny in the fuse
socket behind the fuse itself to deal with the nuisance
of fuses frequently blowing. There isn't an inspector
or electrical contractor (or even a Realtor) who would
not agree that these conditions should be corrected
as soon as possible. The difference is that over fusing
is easy to see, but there is usually no visual clue if the
breaker is working correctly or not. The homeowner's
perception is that the breakers work fine. There is no
way for an electrician to look at a panel and know if the
breakers will trip when they should.
The Solution
Recently some companies have started making
replacement breakers for FPE panels. In most cases
these are manufactured with the same problematic
design of the original, and there is no data that they
are more reliable. Also, replacing the breakers does
not address problems with the buss bars in FPE
panels that are not as well documented as the circuit
breaker problem. The only solution that addresses all
of these problems is to replace the entire panel.
panels have a history of breakers not tripping when
they should.
The Problem
Circuit breakers are supposed to shut off when
current reaches levels that could start a fire or
damage equipment. Due to design and/or quality
control problems, the FPE Stab-Lok circuit breakers
do not always work reliably. Testing has shown that
roughly 30% of the 2-pole circuit breakers fail to trip
when they should. Virtually 100% of some lots of
these breakers are defective.
Fuses served the same safety function before we had
circuit breakers. The situation with the FPE circuit
breakers is the same as the old unsafe (but common)
practice of over fusing or putting a penny in the fuse
socket behind the fuse itself to deal with the nuisance
of fuses frequently blowing. There isn't an inspector
or electrical contractor (or even a Realtor) who would
not agree that these conditions should be corrected
as soon as possible. The difference is that over fusing
is easy to see, but there is usually no visual clue if the
breaker is working correctly or not. The homeowner's
perception is that the breakers work fine. There is no
way for an electrician to look at a panel and know if the
breakers will trip when they should.
The Solution
Recently some companies have started making
replacement breakers for FPE panels. In most cases
these are manufactured with the same problematic
design of the original, and there is no data that they
are more reliable. Also, replacing the breakers does
not address problems with the buss bars in FPE
panels that are not as well documented as the circuit
breaker problem. The only solution that addresses all
of these problems is to replace the entire panel.
Remember, for your family's protection, to ask the
electrical company before you hire them to show
you their state contracting license, their individual
electrical license and weather or not the company
has liability insurance.
electrical company before you hire them to show
you their state contracting license, their individual
electrical license and weather or not the company
has liability insurance.
| FPE Panels and FPE Stab-Lok Information |
If you feel like your current FPE panel or any
other type of panel and service loop is unsafe,
please give us a call. Guaranteed Electrical
Services has the experience and knowledge to
make the changes go as smoothly as possible,
giving you the peace of mind knowing the repairs
or upgrades were done right and completely up
to code. All of our panel and service upgrades
are warranted for 60 months.
other type of panel and service loop is unsafe,
please give us a call. Guaranteed Electrical
Services has the experience and knowledge to
make the changes go as smoothly as possible,
giving you the peace of mind knowing the repairs
or upgrades were done right and completely up
to code. All of our panel and service upgrades
are warranted for 60 months.
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