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Old 3/24/07, 10:29 PM
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Question Magnetrip panels ?? (aka: Zinsco ????)
I inspected a house built in 1958 today and it had a Magnetrip panel with a 60-amp main breaker. All copper service (supply and branch).

No obvious problems with panel.

I was doing a quick search on the web regarding same and the Inspect-NY site seems to link it to being a Zinsco panel ... with another name.

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Yep.....here is an image for you...look familiar....note the name on the side of it...



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Paul,

Tnx here and at TIJ as well.

Input most appreciated.


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No problem my brother...thats what I am here for...


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Zinsco patented the name "Magnatrip" as a reference to the "technology" used to open the circuit breaker. This was during the transition years from fuses to breakers.


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And there you have it....From Mr.Zinsco Pope himself....


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