Federal Pacific Electric panels

Common Challenges:

Breakers do not always trip when circuit is overloaded

Breakers arc onto the buss and damage it

Breakers are damaged by arcing and heat

Replacement breakers are expensive

 

Here are some photos of Federal Pacific electrical panels taken by 
Jim Simmons.

The performance of Federal Pacific Electric panels is well documented on the internet and I encourage you to do further research.

One of the more well known websites is by Daniel Frieman at