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It's not that I don't want to hear what you have to say; otherwise I would not have asked for help. I guess I was just looking for a simple answer and never thought it would get so complicated. I plan on calling the Electrical Inspector tomorrow and ask whether we can use any brand of ground bar in the panel box. I don't see what the difference is, as long as it can be securely connected within the box and that there are enough connections on the bar to accomodate the 8 wires. Thanks

Not sure why my question makes no sense, but all of the expense for this job is falling on us, the condo owners and not the association. The condo association came to us and said that we need to install the Alumi Conn connectors because our apartments had aluminum wiring and the insurance company that insures the association claimed that aluminum wiring was a fire hazard so they said we needed to install the Alumi connectors. They hired this big electrical contracor to do the job which I felt to be kinda sneaky and I felt that the price of $700 was too high, so I bought the connectors myself and asked an electrician friend to help with the job. Ok, easy enough. Then we applied for the permit and the inspector called the electrician today to just let him know what was expected so that the job would pass. Thats when we were told about the ground bar because as I understood there are 8 wires in the box that are all connected together and I guess by having the ground bar, each of these wires would be separate. This is all new to me; I knew nothing about a class action suit. Basically I came across this website and hoped that someone could help me find what I was looking for. Its difficult to ask questions when you really don't have a good understanding as to the reasoning behind these questions, which I did make clear when I said that I had no electrical knowledge; I was just reaching out to someone who could share their knowledge with me.

I have read that suggestion but I feel that if the association felt that it was a necessary thing, they would have recommended replacing the panel box as we are doing the AlumiConn connections because of Condo safety issues and the condo insurance. As far as the ground bar, I found a company called aplussupply that sells PK9GTA 9 TERM GRD BAR. It does not say it is Federal Pacific but does that really matter? Does this bar get screwed into the panel box then each of the 8 wires then get connected to the bar rather than being all tied into one nut as it presently is? We also have to replace every switch and outlet in the apartment as well. I wish I understood/knew more so that I could be more specific. The association has hired a company to do all the work but I have chosen to go with my own electrician who received a phone call from the township inspector because he reviewed the permit and he just wanted the electrician to know exactly what had to be done so that we would pass inspection, and one of the things was the ground bar, but I am almost positive that he said it MUST be a Federal Pacific Ground Bar. I just dont understand, why must it be FP? Arent all Ground Bars the same and don't they all do the same thing? Thanks

Hello I am new to this forum and have zero electrical knowledge. However, our condo association is having us install Alumi Conn connectors but we were also just advised that we must install a "federal pacific ground bar" in the panel box to accomodate 8 ground wires, as these wires now are all secured with one lug nut. Someone told me that Federal Pacific is out of business so where can we buy a ground bar? We were told it MUST be a Federal Pacific ground bar. At this point we do not need to replace the panel box. The ground bar needs to be about 5" and about 1/4" wide? Thanks for any information that anyone can throw our way. Judy