renosteinke. When I was a new helper I watched as a journeyman held a hot to ground from an FPE panel without the breaker tripping. I personally have turned them on and heard them humm and not trip till I was compelled by fear to turn the breaker off. Reciently a co-worker of my had a relay blow apart because of a short in the circuit when the FPE breaker did not clear the fault. I have held an amprobe on a circuit drawing 23 amps all day long, and the breaker never got hot enough to trip. (that one I might give you)
It is not just from reading stuff on the internet that I conclude that FPE breakers are a hazzard. It is also from experience.
