Les Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 Found this on my Facebook page. It is a pretty good consumer approach to the problem. https://www.angieslist.com/articles/are ... s-safe.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 I'd love to see the source for the following claim: "An estimated 2,800 fires each year directly result from Federal Pacific panel breaker malfunction." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Simon Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 I'd love to see the source for the following claim: "An estimated 2,800 fires each year directly result from Federal Pacific panel breaker malfunction." Wow, I googled that phrase; it's all over the net. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADAIR Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 i believe that's a direct citation from inspectapedia.com/fpe/FPE-Hazards-111202_small.pdf "Estimating Fire Losses Associated With Circuit Breaker Malfunction", J.Aronstein and R. Lowry, Transactions of the 2011 IEEE Electrical Safety Workshop, Toronto (Note: Due to conference rules that prohibit identification of brand names, the FPE Stab-Lok ? breakers are identified as "Brand X" in the published paper.) if you haven't seen Doug Hansen's article it's well worth the read http://www.adairinspection.com/Federal_ ... _Facts.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 i believe that's a direct citation from inspectapedia.com/fpe/FPE-Hazards-111202_small.pdf "Estimating Fire Losses Associated With Circuit Breaker Malfunction", J.Aronstein and R. Lowry, Transactions of the 2011 IEEE Electrical Safety Workshop, Toronto (Note: Due to conference rules that prohibit identification of brand names, the FPE Stab-Lok ? breakers are identified as "Brand X" in the published paper.) Got it. Thanks. It's basically a made-up number based on inference. The authors admit that it's not accurate but it's in "the right magnitude." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolan Kienitz Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 FPE panels are accidents waiting to happen. Two homes in our development have caught fire due to failures of breakers in the FPE panels in the homes. The HOA for one 'high end' development in North Dallas sent a letter to all homeowners telling them that if their home still had an FPE panel installed they would have to replace the panel before the HOA would allow them to list their home for sale. This was several years ago and was an effort to deliver a message to homeowners to "pay attention" to the problems related with FPE panels. An insurance company in California will not write coverage for homes with FPE panels. And ... on it goes. FPE panels need to be replaced ... period!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 . . . And ... on it goes. FPE panels need to be replaced ... period!! No argument from me. But citing made-up numbers doesn't help the argument, it weakens the argument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted February 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 I agree with Jim K. Educating the potential buyer/seller has always been a problem for us. Both before google and now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 Fake news strikes again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 It's mostly good. I'll take it, wart and all. Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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