Federal Pacific Circuit Breakers Recall

As one of the most popular electrical panels in the united states millions of homes may be effected.

Federal pacific circuit breakers recall.

The challenger panel was installed in thousands of homes between 1980s to 1990s. In 1973 the gte corporation launched an electric panel design and called it challenger. Why are fpe federal pacific electric circuit breakers and electrical panels unsafe. Federal pacific panel recall.

This document explains the latent electric shock and fire hazards associated with federal pacific electric stab lok electric panels and circuit breakers and in challenger electrical panels and circuit breakers. Issues about federal pacific electric s stab lok circuit breakers were first raised with the consumer product safety commission decades ago. Federal pacific circuit breakers also have red strips across them. We would like to show you a description here but the site won t allow us.

These panels may still send power to the circuits even in the off setting causing the potential of electrocution or fires. Investigation finds decades of danger if your home was built before 1990 it may have a faulty federal pacific circuit breaker and could be a fire risk. Millions of federal pacific electrical panels were manufactured and sold up until the 1980 s. The consumer product safety commission announced today that it is closing its two year investigation into federal pacific electric stab lok type residential circuit breakers.

1996 1997 recall of nc015 and nc015cp federal pioneer circuit breakers in canada some federal pacific products renamed federal pioneer in may 1999 we djf learned from schneider canada that federal pioneer circuit breakers sold by that company are re named from federal pacific circuit breakers and that two 15 amp single pole models nc015 and. Stab lok breakers and to issue a recall of. Federal pacific circuit breakers. Like zinsco it brought safety hazards and was recalled.