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Federal Pacific Panel.
Fused Panel with a 200 Amp Breaker for the Main. Fuses for the circuit wiring. Installed 1965. Joseph P. Hagarty, CMI joseph.hagarty@comcast.net Main Line Inspections, Inc. Phone: 610-399-3675 Email: MainLineHI@comcast.net http://pa.nachi.org/mainlinepa/about.html http://www.householdinspector.com National President / NACHI (2003-2004) NACHI Education Committee Member Last edited by jhagarty; 2/18/08 at 5:34 PM.. |
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Please Note:
Marc D. Shunk is a non-member guest and is in no way affiliated with InterNACHI or its members.
One interesting note about those Federal Pacific fuse panels is that those fuse block units plug onto a buss rail with the same style stab that the later breakers do. This can be a failure point in these fuse panels, just as with the breaker version that followed it. Also, the Type S fuse blocks in these Federal Pacific fuse panels had very weak plastic threads that would permit a 20 amp fuse to be installed in a 15 amp fuseholder, even though they are type S fuse holders. It's good to double check the amp rating of the fuse block (molded in the middile of the fuse block, between the two fuses) and correspond that with what fuse is actually installed. Just some thoughts.
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Fuse blocks can be added as needed. It appeared to be a Fused Stab-Lok variation. The configuration is original without any visible modifications since 1965. Joseph P. Hagarty, CMI joseph.hagarty@comcast.net Main Line Inspections, Inc. Phone: 610-399-3675 Email: MainLineHI@comcast.net http://pa.nachi.org/mainlinepa/about.html http://www.householdinspector.com National President / NACHI (2003-2004) NACHI Education Committee Member |
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