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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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  • Gentlemen: In one of the photos of a Zinsco box with a burned breaker, I noticed that the breaker is not a genuine Zinsco.... It is a Chinese clone (grey in colour). These clone breakers are available in Zinsco, FPE and Pushmatic formats, usually at DIY stores, and they sometimes go by the name of "Unique Breaker". They also have no UL label. They are labelled with something called "ETL" which, I am told is a poor man's UL. My rule has always been: NO CSA, NO UL, NO CE mark.. then it's no go ! I will not supply, use, or accept anything without a UL, CSA or CE label.. Also nothing made in China, if I can avoid it. By the way, "genuine" Zinsco replacement breakers are currently being made by T&B, someplace in Mississippi, and Bryant is now a division of Cutler-Hammer. Thanks.

    Jim Green
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