American Pacific breakers bad?

jayjay777

jayjay777

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I have 1 (100 amp) box and 2 (200 amp) boxes at this time. The 200s are newer ge or seimens except for thst one 100amp. It's an American Pacific my electrician said. He said that the company went out of business and there known for fires. The old breakers are the cause. Now, I'm putting just one minisplit on this and that is it. Maybe a coffepot too lol. Anyways it's a 50/60amp breaker. But there $90 for the "safe" aftermarket breakers.

I should just replace the whole box myself I'm imagining. Cheaper too lol.

Anyone ever hear of this issue causing a fire?

I inspected the box and there not ideal but I imagine any fires would come from loose connections. Either on the lug or bar.

Let me know if you know anything guys.

Peace Love n Respect

Jay
 
jayjay777

jayjay777

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Ya but I would like to just buy the newer safe aftermarket breaker for now, then in winter I can upgrade the box, when it's cooler and I don't exactly need to run that unit, or even in between runs.

But I totally agree. Few hundred bucks is worth the piece of mind.

Also I've considered getting an automatic fire extinguisher. They have a thermostat on them. Place it above all my boxes. There all next to each other. There like $150 I think.
 
Bareback

Bareback

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You can replace the entire contents of the box . Because the box itself is just a metal box right . Also they is a product called fire bricks they expand the incapsulate cheaper and easier than an extinguisher
 
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