InspectAPedia ® | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Building & Environmental Inspection, Testing, Diagnosis, Repair, & Problem Prevention Advice |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home | | | Air Conditioning |
| | Electrical - Energy Saving |
| | Environment Indoor |
| | Exteriors | | | Heating | | | Home Inspection |
| | Insulate - Ventilate |
| | Interiors | | | Mold Inspect/Test |
| | Plumbing Water Septic |
| | Roofing | | | Solar Energy |
| | Structure | | | Contact Us |
| Directory of Professionals to Inspect or Test a Building | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
ELECTRICAL INSPECTION, DIAGNOSIS, REPAIR FPE Stab-Lok HAZARDS & REPAIRS WEBSITE SUMMARY OF the FPE Stab-Lok PROBLEM FPE HAZARD ARTICLES, STUDIES FPE Stab-Lok TECHNICAL REPORT FPE Stab Lok IDENTIFICATION FPE STAB-LOK PANEL COVERS FEDERAL NOARK PANELS FEDERAL ELECTRIC PANELS FEDERAL PIONEER PANELS FPE PANEL DOOR LABELS FPE TOGGLE SWITCH FPE BREAKER LABELS HOW TO ID FPE IF NO LABELS FPE PANEL BUS DESIGNS FPE PANEL AGE MATTERS? FPE HISTORIC DATES 1950-Present OTHER FPE DEFECTS REPORTS OF FPE FAILURES HOW TO REPORT FPE INCIDENTS FPE REPAIR ELECTRICIANS FPE REPLACEMENT BREAKERS FPE REPLACEMENT PANELS FPE REPLACEMENT PANEL COSTS CAN'T AFFORD A NEW ELECTRIC PANEL? FEDERAL PIONEER in CANADA FPE Stab-lok: FIRES WAITING TO HAPPEN FPE HISTORY ADVICE TO HOME BUYERS w/ FPE PANELS HOME INSPECTION LANGUAGE for FPE Stab-Lok IAEI LETTER FPE Stab-Lok Hazard Summary Page for Public Use More Information InspectAPedia Blog - News Updates Air Conditioning & Heat Pumps Bookstore Electrical Environment Exteriors Heating Home Inspection Insulate Ventilate Interiors Mold Inspect/Test Plumbing Water Septic Roofing Structure Accuracy & Privacy Policies Contact Us |
We recommend that residential FPE Stab-Lok electrical panels be replaced entirely or the entire panel bus assembly be replaced entirely, regardless of model number or year of manufacture. We recommend against replacing individual FPE Stab-lok circuit breakers. We do not sell circuit breakers nor any other products. For more information see FPE REPLACEMENT PANELS and FPE REPLACEMENT BREAKERS. This page assists in identifying Federal Pacific Electric Stab-Lok electrical panels and circuit breakers. More FPE information is in the links at page left. Our site offers impartial, unbiased advice without conflicts of interest. We will block advertisements which we discover or readers inform us are associated with bad business practices, false-advertising, or junk science. Our contact info is at InspectAPedia.com/appointment.htm.This document describes how to identify Federal Pacific Stab-Lok Electric Panels in buildings. It is information for building inspectors, home buyers, home owners, electricians exploring the background of possible hazards associated with Federal Pacific Electric Stab-lok circuit breakers and service panels. © Copyright 2010 Daniel Friedman, All Rights Reserved. Information Accuracy & Bias Pledge is at below-left. Use links at the left of each page to navigate this document or to view other topics at this website. Green links show where you are in our document or website. AGE MATTERS? - Does the age of Federal Pacific Electric Stab-Lok Electric Panels make a difference in the safety concerns?The following is a personal opinion by the website author: From my knowledge of the history, pattern, and nature of FPE manufacturing and management difficulties, I suspect the entire product line may have had defects, labeling errors, safety, or other performance issues for both commercial and residential equipment, where circuit breakers and panels are concerned. (I don't have similar criticism of the older FUSE equipment). However we have test data only for the FPE Stab-Lok series of residential electrical panels and circuit breakers. The "Stab-Lok" product involves a specific electrical panel, bus, and circuit breaker design. Therefore the FPE Stab-Lok Panel Website only includes research and warnings for this specific product line. People write to ask if their Federal Pacific Electric equipment is "OK" based on a particular age of their house and presumably of the panel. "Year" criteria is not useful in evaluating risk as there is no data that demonstrates that FPE Stab-Lok equipment is better or worse after specific dates. Furthermore, the age of a piece of equipment installed in a house can be older or newer than the age of the house itself. ... Technical Reviewers & References
Use links just below or at the left of each page to navigate this document or to view other topics at this website. Green links show where you are in our document or website. FPE Stab Lok IDENTIFICATION
| ||||||
|
THE FPE Stab-Lok WEBSITE More Information InspectAPedia Blog - News Updates Air Conditioning & Heat Pumps Bookstore Electrical Environment Exteriors Heating Home Inspection Insulate Ventilate Interiors Mold Inspect/Test Plumbing Water Septic Roofing Structure Accuracy & Privacy Policies InspectAPedia ® Home & Site Map Contact Us |
More Information on Building Diagnostic Inspections and Repairs
|
03/03/2010 - 04/01/1986 - InspectAPedia.com/fpe/FPE_Panel_ID8.htm - © 2010 - 1988 Copyright Daniel Friedman All Rights Reserved - InspectAPedia® is a Registered U.S. Trademark