My wife and I are closing on our first home soon. Our inspector said that we must replace the FPE panel as it is a fire hazard. Any opinions?
I am a NJ licensed electrical contractor and we remove them all the time. The story goes; that the company lost it's UL rating back in the 1970's because the breaker's were not working properly and caused several house fires. The company is out of business, but you can buy new breakers that will fit that panel. So your options are to replace all the breakers, but since they are expensive and we want to make a living, we usually just upgrade the panel to 200amp., thus installing a new panel. The cost to do that in Northern New Jersey is $ 1,800.00.
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