Ite Electrical Panel Recall

Check your electrical panel to make sure that it isn t one of the following brands.

Ite electrical panel recall.

Of alpharetta georgia is voluntarily offering free inspection and correction of certain of its i t e brand circuit breaker boxes load centers installed between september. Washington dc in cooperation with the u s. This recall involves siemens and murray 15 through 50 amp single and double pole circuit breakers load centers circuit breakers that come with an electrical panel and meter combos contain a load center and a meter socket. These electrical panels were found to be defective and could cause fires.

Electrical panels should be replaced every 20 30 years. Consumer product safety commission the circuit protection division of siemens energy automation inc. Of alpharetta georgia is voluntarily offering free inspection and correction of certain of its i t e brand circuit breaker boxes load centers installed between september 1986 and may 1987. Federal pacific electric will likely be written on the cover of your breaker box.

Zinsco is now defunct but many homes still have these panels. Siemens announces free i t e circuit breaker box inspection program. The involved ite circuit breaker boxes or load centers can be identified by a five digit code marked on the top of the wiring diagram label inside the door which is opened to reset the circuit breakers. Zinsco or gte sylvania panels were popular electrical panels installed in homes throughout the 1970s.

Siemens or murray date codes 0610 or 0710 and the catalog number are printed on a label on the side. The most common bad electrical panels do not have all these problems but they may have one or two. Consumer product safety commission the circuit protection division of siemens energy automation inc. Federal pacific sylvania and zinsco however it is surprising how often distribution or sub panels are incorrectly wired.

The most common bad electrical panels are actually identified by their brand. Inside look for the name stab loc the brand name of the circuit breakers. Pushmatic home electrical panel. The specific date codes involved are as follows.

All of the electricity in your home flows through your panel and it keeps your home safe by detecting electrical problems. An electrical panel bearing the bulldog brand and found in a home in north america today probably dates from the 1950 s through the 1960 s though indeed the product label was produced as early as the mid 1930 s. The pushmatic panel board was a widely used circuit breaker panel installed in homes built between 1950 and 1980. This is a distinctive panel because it is the only electrical panel brand that does not have switches that flip left and right.