One friend, their lights would flicker now and again. Finally, one evening
we pulled the panel box open, the power came in through a double 100
breaker. Same design as the other breakers, but it was inlet. Turned the
breaker off, pried it out of the box (very dificult, as it was corroded on)
and wire brushed the bus bar tabs. Which were corroded. Apply No-Al-Ox and
put back together.

I tried Noalox on threads of a Mag light, but weeks later could not get the
tail cap off. Ended up using two pipe wrenches to open the cap of the mag
light. The Noalox had etched the metal, and I could see it pitted.

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Christopher A. Young
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"The Daring Dufas" wrote in message
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I rarely come across Federal Pacific panels here in Alabamastan and any
problems with them are the same problems that affect other brands of
circuit breaker panels. I see dirt and the biggest problem, corrosion of
the area where the breaker makes electrical contact with the buss. In
new construction or remodels I will often use contact cleaners to get
the construction dust off the connections. Something like Ideal Noalox
can be used to re-lube the the contacts. On a lot of service calls I
find corrosion and a soft bristle or brass bristle brush along with a
spray electrical cleaner will clean it up. In some cases the stab is
burnt and melted making it useless which is why I have kept old panels
in past years so I could swap out the buss bars. Sometimes a new panel
is less expensive than ordering new replacement buss bars if the old
panel has a lot of damage. I have seen FP replacement breakers at our
local big box hardware stores.

TDD