How Much Does It Cost To Install A New Circuit Breaker?

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Without circuit breakers, the electricity running through your walls could damage wiring and cause fires. There are several reasons why you ...
NBC Bay Area

Federal Pacific Circuit Breakers: Investigation Finds Decades of Danger

The “Stab-Lok” circuit breaker and panel produced by Federal Pacific Electric (FPE) installed in hundreds of thousands of homes in the Bay Area may cause house fires, according decades of ...
The Republic

CFD warns residents, business owners of potential risks with Federal Pacific electrical panels with Stab-Lok breakers

Design inside the addition designed by James Paris his partner the late Nolan Bingham of Paris/Bingham Partnership for the Columbus Fire Department, Central Fire Station 1, 1101 Jackson Street, ...
Electrical Construction & Maintenance

Reminder: Old Circuit Breaker Panels Pose Danger

If you own a home or business built between 1950 and 1985, it is possible that you have a Federal Pacific Electric Stab-Lok breaker panel. According to a blog post from The Hartford Steam Boiler ...
Law

American Circuit Breaker Corporation v. Oregon Breakers Inc.

At issue is the sale in the United States of circuit breakers imported from Canada under the trademark STAB-LOK. In an ironic twist, the circuit breakers are gray. Whether viewed as a gray market case ...