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Default Dangerous electrical panels?

On Saturday, February 18, 2017 at 6:02:43 PM UTC-6, Gordon Shumway wrote:
On Sat, 18 Feb 2017 23:44:03 GMT, Michelle Hughes m wrote:

replying to Daniel Prince, Michelle Hughes wrote:
Zinsco

Hi, if you have an electrical panel that is Federal Pacific, please replace as
soon as possible. There is a huge fire risk, the panel does not include arch
fault circuit interrupter breakers - this means if the wires arch in the walls
it will cause a fire. The newer panel have a safety shut off - I am a realtor
and can tell you there is much data out there to back this up. It is not just
about the electrician getting business, it's about your family being safe.
There are case after case of these panels causing fires, please heed the
warning, it is good advice.


I'm so sorry to tell you this, but Daniel Prince is in a better place now because his house was destroyed by a fire
that officials believe started in the walls. Things could have been different if you had only replied about 8 years
earlier.


It was very sad. A lot of gerbils died in that fire. (~_~

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