Federal Pacific Circuit Breakers Recall

Federal pacific panel recall.

Federal pacific circuit breakers recall.

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. Federal pacific electric stab lok service panels and breakers are dangerous and can fail. Like zinsco it brought safety hazards and was recalled. This action was taken because the data currently available to the commission does not establish that the circuit breakers pose a serious risk of injury to consumers.

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. These panels may still send power to the circuits even in the off setting causing the potential of electrocution or fires. Millions of federal pacific electrical panels were manufactured and sold up until the 1980 s. As one of the most popular electrical panels in the united states millions of homes may be effected.

Federal pacific circuit breakers also have red strips across them. The challenger panel was installed in thousands of homes between 1980s to 1990s. Why are fpe federal pacific electric circuit breakers and electrical panels unsafe. Issues about federal pacific electric s stab lok circuit breakers were first raised with the consumer product safety commission decades ago.

In 1973 the gte corporation launched an electric panel design and called it challenger. Stab lok breakers and to issue a recall of. We would like to show you a description here but the site won t allow us. 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.