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PAteen:

Just an FYI, FPE fused equipment 'never' had any issues that I am aware of. Back in my younger days, around here (NJ) FPE was 'the brand'. Adding to that, I am not aware of any issues they had with the 'bolt-in' type CBs, nor anything other that the 'Stab-loc'.

I love the phone calls from homeowners who are selling, and call me to ask "the home inspector said we MUST replace our cb panel, because it is a fire hazzard" usually adding "he said it is CODE required". That is BULL.

We got that same bull with a house that my parents were looking at, with a fpe and trumbull fuse panel. We were going to replace it with 200A 40space QO loadcenter. Rewire it with 12awg and hubbell receptacles.

Right side wall, left panel, is fulla 30A fuses.

That looks like a lot of services in the town I live next to. The town is very old, so are the buildings and the wiring. The whole town is a fire just waiting to happen. Every time the fire alarm goes off, the fire chief automatically calls out 2-3 towns for back up. He can't let any fire get away from him or he might lose the whole town.