Tandem FPE's

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Originally Posted By: anatol polillo
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Fellow Inspectors,


It's been a banner week for FPE's. Two more panel in the same house. In addition, as you can see from the pics, they are both mains. House built 30 years ago. Both showed no major bad signs, just one unprotected opening. Any comments on the duality of this situation?
Anatol


http://www.nachi.org/bbsystem/usrimages/more/Dsc01480.jpg


http://www.nachi.org/bbsystem/usrimages/more/Dsc01481.jpg

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Originally Posted By: jmcginnis
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Were these 150 or 200 amp mains? What square footage was the house? It’s pretty common to see 400 amp services today but 30 years ago it was rare.

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Originally Posted By: roconnor
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Any comments? Sure … now there are two panels that at least will need further evaluation, and probably should be replaced … unless the homeowner is a welder … icon_lol.gif


http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PREREL/prhtml83/83008.html
http://www.inspect-ny.com/fpe/fpestlouis.htm
http://www.codecheck.com/pdf/electrical/240overcurrent/FPE%20Article%20from%20DH%20-%20Nov2003.pdf

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