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The Zinsco Electrical Panels and Circuit Breakers
 

 
Topic - Safety
Subject - The Zinsco Electrical Panels and Circuit Breakers

May 1, 2006  

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The Zinsco Electrical Panels and Circuit Breakers

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The Home Inspection and Construction Information Website, started by Daniel Friedman, discusses Zinsco Panels and Circuit Breakers and their association with problems relating to electrical fire and shock. This Website documents cases in which these problems arise. Daniel urges all building owners or electricians encountering problems with this equipment to contact his Website so that he may add that information to the electrical failure database. This is an effort to develop accurate safety information, which is then shared with appropriate federal and state agencies.

 

To visit Daniel’s Website for information on how to document your own case or to read about other cases simply click here: www.inspect-ny.com/electric/Zinsco.htm 
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Comments

  • Zinsco breakers and panels have been a problem for years. Power companies in NC used to furnish these panels to customers. The problem was not the breakers or panels as much as the ratings.

    These terminals and breakers were rated at 90 degrees C, this was especially a problem with electric heat loads of 20KW. Add to this a breaker that was not secured properly and you have a design for disaster.

    I did many investigations on these in the 70's and eighties, in the summer time some of these breakers would get so hot you could not touch them.

    There is no way to ever estimate the fires that were probably caused by this type of installation.

    Jim Yancey-NCDOI
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