Federal Pacific Switchboard Replacement
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bphgravity
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You will have to perform a web search or perhaps contact UL or another NRTL that has listing and labeling informatrion on the older equipment in their archives.
e57
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What type of information are you looking for? Much of it would have been available on the sticker inside, I do not believe things like trip curves, etc are available - probably due to the lack of a 'trip curve'... 
Many of us make a living replacing these panels for various reasons - and they are many. Weighing on weather to replace or not can often be determined by availability and expense of parts. 100a resi panel - can it for liability alone! 800a buss duct breaker, or a lug where all of the rest of the equipment is in good shape....
Many of us make a living replacing these panels for various reasons - and they are many. Weighing on weather to replace or not can often be determined by availability and expense of parts. 100a resi panel - can it for liability alone! 800a buss duct breaker, or a lug where all of the rest of the equipment is in good shape....
kingpb
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- SE USA as far as you can go
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- Engineer, Registered
Just curious - If your replacing it, why do you need the old Data Sheets?
No one in there right mind should risk using/re-using anything by FP. Contact EATON (Cutler Hammer) Engineering/Replacement services, as they are manufacturing replacement equipment whereby you might be able to re-use the exterior sheet metal, and they will provide new UL listed EATON guts, doors, and hardware. This is becoming big business.
No one in there right mind should risk using/re-using anything by FP. Contact EATON (Cutler Hammer) Engineering/Replacement services, as they are manufacturing replacement equipment whereby you might be able to re-use the exterior sheet metal, and they will provide new UL listed EATON guts, doors, and hardware. This is becoming big business.
lpelectric
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temdgi said:
Check the United States Supreme Court archives.
Alex electrical student
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I would replace a panel like that because Federal Pacific is the manufacture that didn't design the electrical equiment to well.
Federal Pacific Electric Co. Stab-lok? Update
In 1983, the CPSC closed its investigation and stated that the data available to the Commission, at that time, did not establish that the circuit breakers presented a serious risk of injury to consumers. There was never an investigation of loadcenters.
by CPSC
From the early 1950?s through the mid-1980?s, Federal Pacific Electric (FPE) was a major manufacturer of circuit breakers and electrical distribution equipment. Early on, FPE introduced Stab-lok? residential circuit breakers and loadcenters. The heart of the Stab-lok? circuit breaker was automatically manufactured and calibrated; this mechanism was independent of the insulating enclosure; there were no screws to adjust and the stabs provided a low watt?s loss firm connection to the loadcenter bus. Several hundred million circuit breakers and the millions of loadcenters have been installed over the years.
FPE Stab-lok? circuit breakers and loadcenters can still be found in millions of homes. But, FPE didn?t just fade away. Even though FPE hasn?t made a circuit breaker since 1986, certain assets including the circuit breaker operations were acquired by other companies. Therefore, listed and labeled replacements for Stab-lok? circuit breakers continue to be available. In the U.S. UL listed Stab-lok? circuit breakers can be obtained from the American Circuit Breaker Corporation. Telephone 1-800-343-1910.
Federal Pacific Electric Co. Stab-lok? Update
In 1983, the CPSC closed its investigation and stated that the data available to the Commission, at that time, did not establish that the circuit breakers presented a serious risk of injury to consumers. There was never an investigation of loadcenters.
by CPSC
From the early 1950?s through the mid-1980?s, Federal Pacific Electric (FPE) was a major manufacturer of circuit breakers and electrical distribution equipment. Early on, FPE introduced Stab-lok? residential circuit breakers and loadcenters. The heart of the Stab-lok? circuit breaker was automatically manufactured and calibrated; this mechanism was independent of the insulating enclosure; there were no screws to adjust and the stabs provided a low watt?s loss firm connection to the loadcenter bus. Several hundred million circuit breakers and the millions of loadcenters have been installed over the years.
FPE Stab-lok? circuit breakers and loadcenters can still be found in millions of homes. But, FPE didn?t just fade away. Even though FPE hasn?t made a circuit breaker since 1986, certain assets including the circuit breaker operations were acquired by other companies. Therefore, listed and labeled replacements for Stab-lok? circuit breakers continue to be available. In the U.S. UL listed Stab-lok? circuit breakers can be obtained from the American Circuit Breaker Corporation. Telephone 1-800-343-1910.
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- New Jersey
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- Journeyman Electrician
As far as I know, there are no inherent problems involving Federal Pacific Switchboards. Their panelboards are another story. Do you have a specific problem in mind?
kbsparky
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kingpb said:
<ahem> The issue here is switchboards, not the "stab-lock" breaker load centers which are a different issue altogether.
Many of those switchboards have fusible switch assemblies and are still in use today. We contract with some facilities every 7 years or so to torque the connections on FPE switchgear to keep them in top operating condition.
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