Here we explain the fire and shock hazards associated with federal pacific electric stab lok circuit breakers and service panels provides a complete history of the fpe hazard and we provide and cite independent unbiased research on fpe failures and recommends replacement of the panels.
Federal pacific stab lok panel replacement.
Fpe federal pacific electric stab lok electrical panel circuit breaker hazards home page.
Option 1 replacement of the panel bus assembly or load center while leaving the original electrical panel enclosure or box.
Federal pacific electric fpe stab lok panels shouldn t be inspected but replaced.
Some of the problems with the fpe circuit breakers are due to the contact point connection with the panel buss and in some cases the contact inside the circuit breaker have failed due to.
According to the united states consumer product safety commission fpe stab lok residential circuit breakers may fail to trip properly with overload and short circuiting underwriters laboratories inc.
The main panel federal pacific sold was the stab lok named after its breaker functionality.
Ul standards require that breakers trip or shut off the current when overloaded to prevent electrical.
The first section of this document option 1 retrofit kit describes how to replace federal pacific stab lok electric panels in buildings using a retrofit kit provided by eaton corp cutler hammer products e ch.
The breakers would stab into slots in the bus bar and lock into place.