On Saturday, February 18, 2017 at 6:44:06 PM UTC-5, Michelle Hughes 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.


Well, stop right there. Yes, there are issues with some FPE
panels, but it has absolutely nothing to do with them not having
AFCI. If AFCI is the safety issue, then 95%+ of the homes in
America are unsafe, because AFCI has only been required on
certain circuits starting in recent years. Even new construction
homes from ten years ago don't have them and all the homes
without are still 100% code compliant on that issue.