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If your home was built before 1990, it may have a faulty Federal Pacific circuit breaker and could be a fire risk. It’s a fact that been known for years, but there has never been a recall.
The breakers, mostly found in homes built before 1990, were made by a now-defunct company called Federal Pacific Electric, and experts tell the I-Team there are scores of those breakers in homes ...
Millions of U.S. and Canadian homes were built with circuit breaker panels that one expert has questioned as a potential fire hazard. Issues about Federal Pacific Electric’s “Stab-Lok ...
Columbus Fire Department Building Inspectors say that Federal Pacific electrical panels with Stab-Lok circuit breakers are most commonly found in homes and businesses built before 1990.
Breaker boxes made by Federal Pacific are blamed for at least two fires in the Tri-State, including one in Wyoming that caused $240,000 in damage, firefighters and a home inspector tell FOX19 ...
When a circuit breaker gets overloaded and overheats, the breaker is supposed to trip, shutting off to prevent a fire. But Goodson and other engineers who've studied Federal Pacific breakers say ...