http://www.philadelphiaelectric.com/recall__federal_pacific_breaker.htm From this article: Counterfeit breaker information.
300,000 counterfeit square D breakers sold are causing fires. Chinese counterfeits.
June 10, 2013 by
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. […]
