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Old 03-07-2008, 08:01 AM
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Re: Stablock breakers
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Originally Posted by John Steinke View Post
The CPSC has absolutely nothing to do with the UL listing of a product. The allegations made by New York state were limited to 2-pole breakers alone, and there were difficulties repeating the test results.

The allegation of falsified test data came up years later in a lawsuit, and also had nothing to to do with the UL listings. UL does not depend upon the manufacturer for test results; the UL rep goes to the plant, selects the samples at random, and testing is done by UL at UL's facilities.

I have never heard about Zinsco having lost it's listing .... any links?
John just Google and you will find a good deal of information on Zinsco/Sylvania.

As for the UL information, I'm reading it a little different than you. I also have had a garage go up in flames from an FPE breaker, I guess my personal experience might make me a little bias.
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