zinsco: Fires waiting to happen - 05/21/12 08:10 AM

 
Today's post is a guest post by San Diego home inspector Russel Ray.
 
Electric panels are not supposed to cause problems. They are supposed to prevent them. There are some electric panels that have problems associated with them — Federal Pacific Electric (FPE), Zinsco, Sylvania when they bought the Zinsco brand; they are just Zinsco panels under another name.
Whenever I find such panels, I recommend that they be replaced "before close of escrow." Some real estate agents don't like me specifying when something should be done, but I'm trying to protect the interests of my Clients. Those three … (19 comments)