FPE Panels - Hazard or Hype?

[Michael Brown]

by Douglas Hansen

This article focuses on the controversy over inspecting and reporting Federal Pacific Panels. It has been published in the magazine for the California Real Estate Association and in other technical journals.

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Douglas Hansen is a member of ICBO, IAEI and the NFPA. He's a former member of the American Society of Home Inspectors and the California Real Estate Inspection Association and is a retired home inspector and contractor. He serves on the faculty of the Building Technology program at the College of San Mateo in northern California, is certified by IAEI and ICBO as an electrical inspector and serves on the education committee of the Southwest Section of IAEI. He travels extensively to provide electrical seminars and training to home inspectors all over the United States, and, along with Redwood Kardon and Michael Casey, authored the CodeCheck series of books and Electrical Inspection of Existing Dwellings. For more information, go to CodeCheck.com

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