My 1942 home has a Federal Pacific distribution panel installed with 14-2 BX.
I have heard that these panels can cause problems, and should be replaced.
Replace it?
In brief, FPE panels with Stab-Lok breakers were manufactured from roughly 1950 to the early 80’s. It has been estimated that some 28 million panels were installed across the USA...
When in the course of human events it becomes necessary (or just practical) for one piece of gear to be replaced in order to accomplish some project...
No. You can find replacement FPE breakers if you look around long enough, but they are no better than the originals. And from what I've read any UL listing they are marked with is invalid.
Just for the record, it's completely untrue that there are no approved breakers for FPE panels. Connecticut Electric manufactures UL listed replacement breakers for FPE, Zinsco, and a few other brands.
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