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Originally Posted by wa2ise
As long as the breaker panel isn't a Federal Pacific Electric Stab Lok panel. Those are known to fail to trip on overloads. Sometimes 60% failure rate. See http://www.inspectapedia.com/fpe/fpepanel.htm sometime to see the horror stories...
I had one of these in my mom's house, replaced it with a Square D QO panel. |
There's one or two other makes that failed to trip at the proper time, Zinnsco being one of them. Quality fuses are still the best overcurrent there is.