Certain breaker panels are blamed for house fires nationwide. (WMC-TV) - Circuit breakers and panels that are potential fire hazards remain in millions of homes nationwide, even though both government ...

Federal Pacific Electric (FPE) sold millions of panels between the 1950's and 1980's. Testing by the Consumer Product Safety Commision has shown these breakers to have an unacceptably high rate of ...

Description Brand FPE Current Rating 30 Amps Voltage 120 Volts Circuit Breaker Type Standard Mounting Type Panel Mount 1- FEDERAL PACIFIC FPE NA30 STAB-LOK BREAKER NA130 THICK 30 AMP 1 POLE ...

The Stab-Lok circuit breaker and panel produced by Federal Pacific Electric (FPE) installed in hundreds of thousands of homes in the Bay Area may cause house fires, according decades of ...

A second manufacturer of electrical panels, Federal Pacific Electric Company, was one of the most common producers of circuit breaker panels in North America from the 1950s to the 1980s.

According to a 2007 report to the Consumer Product Safety Commission an independent consultant concluded: "The FPE Stab-Lok panels should be replaced. There is no practical and safe alternative." ...