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Reliance Electric Company Press Release Letter on FPE FPE Defects

Obtained by InspectApedia from the US CPSC by FOIA request, ca. 2009. - Ed.

From Reliance Electric Company
Date-Stamped July 7, 1980 Division of Product
Def....Compliance and Enforcement, CPSC [United States Consumer Product Safety Commission]

For more information contact:
Ricard B. Ainsworth, Jr.
(216) 266-5834

For release: Saturday, July 5, after 4 p.m. 


Cleveland, Ohio -- Reliance Electric Company has notified the
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) that it is investigating
a possible defect in the past production of the Stab-Lok® line of
two-pole, 220 volt circuit breakers made by its recently acquired
subsidiary, Federal Pacific Electric Company, headquartered in
Newark, New Jersey.

It appears that Underwriters Laboratories labels for most of
FPE's circuit breakers were obtained through improper practices,
a Reliance spokesperson said. Reliance emphasized that current
production of these breakers meets the requirements of Underwriters
Laboratories tests.

An in-house test by Reliance indicated the possible defect.
Reliance has retained Southwest Research Institute, an independent
testing laboratory, to conduct further tests.

Reliance has also identified similar problems with some three-
pole Stab-Lok® and molded case circuit breakers. Further testing on
these breakers is being conducted. These type circuit breakers are
used predominantly in  commercial and industrial applications.

Reliance and Federal Pacific Electric will work with the CPSC
in determining whether further action is required.

Although Reliance has not determined whether a significant
hazard exists with regard to these devices, the company has
stopped its shipments of the product in question and has requested
that distributors stop further sales until tests are completed
and evaluated.

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