BobK207 wrote:

SNIP

Are Bulldog Pushmatic breakers / panels the ones that people worry
about or is it the later ones?

I have found that the Bulldog Pushmatic breakers work fine when new
(less than 20 years old) but a little balky when older.

So Doug, is what you're saying is the Bulldog Pushmatic breakers /
panels are more or less ok but the FPE breakers / panels are the
troublesome ones?

cheers
Bob

btw They are weird bushbutton activated breakers

they're not weird, they are totally "space age", a product of their
time


Although Pushmatics do experience aging problems, they are not
the ones with the long history of serious problems:

http://www.arson-codes.com/webpages/reportsarticles.asp

http://www.inspect-ny.com/fpe/fpepanel.htm

Jim