Hank Investigates: Circuit Breaker Hazards

Xringer · 05-10-12, 09:13 PM

WHDH-TV 7NEWS Boston Special Reports - Hank Investigates - Circuit Breaker Hazards

"Federal Pacific Electric Stab-lok."

None of these in my house...

strider3700 · 05-10-12, 09:33 PM

Thanks, I have square D for both the main and the sub panel in my house but I have looked a a few places with stabloc in them.

Ryland · 05-10-12, 11:46 PM

First link that comes up when you search for Stab-lock is about a class action lawsuit, I found about this when my neighbor wanted to added a few breakers to their box... non of them had failed but the idea of a company faking their tests to get their breakers on the market is scary.
Needless to say, they shelled out and had the whole panel replaced.

05-10-12, 09:13 PM	#1
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05-10-12, 09:33 PM	#2
strider3700 Master EcoRenovator Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Vancouver Island BC Posts: 745 Thanks: 23 Thanked 37 Times in 30 Posts	Thanks, I have square D for both the main and the sub panel in my house but I have looked a a few places with stabloc in them.

05-10-12, 11:46 PM	#3
Ryland Master EcoRenovator Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Western Wisconsin. Posts: 913 Thanks: 127 Thanked 82 Times in 71 Posts	First link that comes up when you search for Stab-lock is about a class action lawsuit, I found about this when my neighbor wanted to added a few breakers to their box... non of them had failed but the idea of a company faking their tests to get their breakers on the market is scary. Needless to say, they shelled out and had the whole panel replaced.