Brandon Whitmore Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 I inspected a 1978 ranch style home today. When I went out into the garage to look for the electrical panel, I did a double take. There' s a Wadsworth fuse box right next to a Federal Pacific panel. Weird. Click to Enlarge 45.12 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 If it had all aluminum wiring that would be cool as heck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Morrison Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Enter Captain Thread Drift... I inspected a condo in a large building in Weymouth, MA a few years back for a retired woman who had been in a house fire as a child and couldn't stop telling me how afraid of fires she was. I guess that kind of thing leaves a lasting impression. The building was built around 1970, wired exclusively with aluminum, and every last sinner in the place was being protected by a Federal Pacific panel. It was probably safer than living on the West Bank, but not quite what I would call 'safe'. The broker calmly and patiently explained to us all how the City Electrical inspector would be happy to issue a letter explaining how safe the building is, but by then my client was already long-gone and hard-to-find. I really should start taking photos one of these days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHI in AR Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 I inspected a 1978 ranch style home today. When I went out into the garage to look for the electrical panel, I did a double take. There' s a Wadsworth fuse box right next to a Federal Pacific panel. Weird. Click to Enlarge 45.12 KB Geez, Brandon...As a resident of the Pacific Northwest, you are in the eco-conscious center of the U.S. Surely you recognize that whoever installed the "previously owned" fuse panel was a recycling pioneer who was only trying to avoid clogging the landfills with perfectly usable materials! We'll give him a bye on the FPE panel since word hadn't really gotten around yet at that time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msteger Posted August 2, 2009 Report Share Posted August 2, 2009 Al Gore would be proud of this recycler - pioneer sort. He was just ahead of his time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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