Here is a burned panel bus bar at 64th st., a multi unit property, with electric heaters. This is an electrical fire that burned the wires and outlet in a garage in Pleasant Hill today. This client also had a federal Pacific stab lok fpe panel, the type that […]
Archives for June 2013
Fire marshal recommendations what to do during a power outage, power loss, electrical dead power.
June 14, 2013 by
http://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/32501 This fire marshal says, “Don’t use candles, esp. if you have oxygen in the home.”
Electrocution is the second leading cause of death at construction sites, followed by fall from height.
June 14, 2013 by
http://www.plantengineering.com/single-article/electrical-safety-from-the-ground-up/704ebba991e540452a58bf62a7eb4a4d.html From this article: How shock occurs
Private landlords are putting lives at risk by ignoring electrical faults oakland ca. berkeley montclair piedmont ca electrical fire hazards ignored.
June 12, 2013 by
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/private-landlords-are-putting-lives-at-risk-by-ignoring-electrical-faults-8651801.html Landlords are required by law to ensure that electrical installations are maintained in a safe condition. But they aren’t doing that by and large.
300,000 counterfeit square D breakers sold are causing fires. Chinese counterfeits.
June 10, 2013 by
http://www.philadelphiaelectric.com/recall__federal_pacific_breaker.htm From this article: Counterfeit breaker information.
Commission Closes Investigation Of FPE Circuit Breakers And Provides Safety Information For Consumers due to lack of money to make tests.
June 9, 2013 by
http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Newsroom/News-Releases/1983/Commission-Closes-Investigation-Of-FPE-Circuit-Breakers-And-Provides-Safety-Information-For-Consumers/ The cpsc has decided not to spend the money to prove that fpe, or federal pacific stab lok breakers are defective, placing millions of home owners at further risk of fire and smoke inhalation caused by these awful defective breakers and panels.
Berkeley lab introduces new bench marking tool to increase power efficiency.
June 9, 2013 by
http://www.buildings.com/news/industry-news/articleid/15893/title/berkeley-lab-releases-free-benchmarking-tool.aspx Lawrence laboratory at U.C. berkeley introduces new bench marking tool, software, to compare energy efficiency of buildings.
Power outage berkeley montclair piedmont oakland hills. Power loss, power outage repair, trouble shooting lost power.
June 8, 2013 by
http://piedmont.patch.com/groups/editors-picks/p/major-power-outage-in-oakland-berkeley-hills This power outage in the berkeley oakland hills was caused by a squirrel who got fried in the transformer room. It affected over 10,000 customers with lost electricity. […]
Electrical fire displaces family from their home.
June 6, 2013 by
http://www.idahostatesman.com/2013/06/05/2604179/garden-city-house-fire-started.html There are thousands of fires every year from bad federal pacific panels that don’t shut down when they must shut down. Here is an excerpt from a recent fire article: “GARDEN CITY — An electrical problem in a Garden City mobile home sparked a blaze that significantly damaged the house Tuesday. Two adults and their […]
Electrical fire lays waste to ederly couple’s home.
June 5, 2013 by
http://www.starherald.com/news/local_news/fire-burns-home-in-rural-minatare/article_769a8f88-cca8-11e2-990a-0019bb2963f4.html Firefighters rushed tothe elderly couples home late Sunday night to extinguish an electrical fire that was quickly laying waste to the valuable house. Don’t let this happen to your parents home. Please fix the electrical system before their violations do some real damage.
