Eugene Oregon Electrical Inspections
Birzer Home Inspection always provides a top quality Electrical Inspection with our Eugene Oregon Home Inspection services.
Some conditions we find with Zinsco and Federal Pacific Electrical Panels include:
Zinsco/Sylvania panelCommon Challenges:
Master electrician Jim Simmons finds that approximately 10 to 15% of the time when he removes circuit breakers from a Zinsco panel he finds damaged bus bars. These damaged bus bars can lead to overheating of the circuit breaker, failure of the circuit breaker to trip when the circuit is overloaded and ultimately a fire in the structure.
Here are some photos of Zinsco panels taken by Master Electrician Jim Simmons.
For more information on Zinsco electrical panels see Daniel Frieman's website, www.inspect-ny.com/electric/Zinsco.htm
Some conditions we find with Zinsco and Federal Pacific Electrical Panels include:
Zinsco/Sylvania panelCommon Challenges:
- Breakers do not always trip when circuit is overloaded
- Breakers arc onto the buss and damage it
- Breakers are damaged by arcing and heat
- Replacement breakers are expensive
Master electrician Jim Simmons finds that approximately 10 to 15% of the time when he removes circuit breakers from a Zinsco panel he finds damaged bus bars. These damaged bus bars can lead to overheating of the circuit breaker, failure of the circuit breaker to trip when the circuit is overloaded and ultimately a fire in the structure.
Here are some photos of Zinsco panels taken by Master Electrician Jim Simmons.
For more information on Zinsco electrical panels see Daniel Frieman's website, www.inspect-ny.com/electric/Zinsco.htm
Federal Pacific Electric panels
Common Challenges:
The performance of Federal Pacific Electric panels is well documented on the internet and I encourage you to do further research.
One of the more well known websites is by Daniel Frieman at, www.inspect-ny.com/fpe/fpepanel.htm
Here are some photos of Federal Pacific electrical panels taken by Master Electrician Jim Simmons.
Common Challenges:
- Breakers do not always trip when circuit is overloaded
- Breakers arc onto the buss and damage it
- Breakers are damaged by arcing and heat
- Replacement breakers are expensive
The performance of Federal Pacific Electric panels is well documented on the internet and I encourage you to do further research.
One of the more well known websites is by Daniel Frieman at, www.inspect-ny.com/fpe/fpepanel.htm
Here are some photos of Federal Pacific electrical panels taken by Master Electrician Jim Simmons.
