Bryan Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Does anyone know if commercial FPE three phase panels, and master distribution panels have the same concerns as residential panels? Bryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kogel Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 I am pretty sure that the bulk of complaints about Federal Pacific products has to do with the Stab-Lok circuit breakers, specifically those manufactured in the NY area. The other products, such as the older fused disconnects and the commercial disconnects, don't have any history of being flaky that I have heard of. But I'm in Canada, so whatever, I have no authority on the subject. [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 One of the problems was the unique FPE bus design. Did this equipment have buses like the ones on residential equipment? The other problem had to do with badly made breakers. Were these the same Stab-Lok breakers that you'd find on a residential panel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted March 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Thanks guys. . Jim, the breakers looked just like a typical ITE design, so without the FPE label on the door, I would not have known the manufacture. Bryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Thanks guys. . Jim, the breakers looked just like a typical ITE design, so without the FPE label on the door, I would not have known the manufacture. Bryan Interesting. I've never seen that. Could it be that someone yanked the FPE panel from the FPE box and stuck an ITE panel in it instead? Kind of like this: http://www.eaton.com/Electrical/USA/Pro ... /index.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Meyer Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 No known issues with FP fused disconnects like this one I found today? Click to Enlarge 22.05 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 No known issues with FP fused disconnects like this one I found today? Click to Enlarge 22.05?KB No. As far as I know, they're fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Meyer Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Thanks Jim, I wanted to be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted March 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Thanks guys. . Jim, the breakers looked just like a typical ITE design, so without the FPE label on the door, I would not have known the manufacture. Bryan Interesting. I've never seen that. Could it be that someone yanked the FPE panel from the FPE box and stuck an ITE panel in it instead? Kind of like this: http://www.eaton.com/Electrical/USA/Pro ... /index.htm That's very possible. All of the other commercial FPE panels I have seen had different breakers in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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