- should seller pay for recalled Zinsco Panel? On 2016-06-12 16:31:53.047573 by Anonymous, Is 20-5x(12-24) C indoor mod 2 a Zinsco made panel? Background Information & Identification. IMAGE LOST by older version of Clark Van Oyen’s useful Comments code - now fixed. Was able to replace it with Connecticut Electric breaker UBIZ-0230 Zinsco. I will attach a photo of the main. I don't know, Bill. Click to Show or Hide Citations & References, ARTICLE INDEX to ELECTRICAL INSPECTION & TESTING, HOME INSPECTION EDUCATION COURESES (Canada), HOME INSPECTION EDUCATION: HOME STUDY COURSES, Our recommended books about building & mechanical systems design, inspection, problem diagnosis, and repair, and about indoor environment and IAQ testing, diagnosis, and cleanup are at the. On 2018-05-10 by (mod) - no recall for Unsafe GTE/Sylvania Zinsco Panels. Many Zinsco panels are not grounded, and would likely not pass a modern UL test. electrical. On 2020-05-13 by Michael Based on patent searches the early ZInsco designs I've found date from the 1940's; the products continued in various forms for another 40 years. Some Sylvania brand electrical panels are essentially a "Zinsco in Sylvania's clothing". Contact us if you have photos of a Frank Adams electrical panel or other details. Video-San Diego Home Inspection Shows How To Identify A Zinsco Electrical Panel. To identify a Zinsco panel, look for a vertical line of color-coded circuit breaker handles down the middle of the electrical box. If your photos don't include the panel design details, then your electrician can remove the panel front and snap some photos of the circuit breaker and buss-connections in the panel then use the page top or bottom CONTACT link to send me images of the panel, its labeling and its details and I can comment further.Preliminary testing is showing a significant failure-to-trip rate for the zinsco designed equipment described in this article series, including "new" replacement breakers for these panels. Home inspector passed it. 21 1 1 bronze badge. Yes Jennifer, that's the GTE-Sylvania Zinsco design panel discussed above.Thanks for asking. I have inspected the entire thing- there is no Zinsco marking anywhere, including on the box or breakers, and the Sylvania label is different from those shown in the identification photographs, as is the Underwriter Labs label. Please re-post the image if you can. These panels were manufactured by Zinsco/Sylvania. Just below, the photo of a recent GTE Sylvania Zinsco circuit breaker burnup is shown here courtesy of Jeff Weissman and observed, he reports, in a GTE-Sylvania electrical panel. Then, are Zinsco panels recalled? [Click to enlarge any image]. "Electrical Systems," A Training Manual for Home Inspectors, Alfred L. Alk, American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI), 1987, available from ASHI. Old panels often have too few breakers for the necessart circuits. Thanks in advance. The first Zinsco panels contained copper bus-bars and copper breaker clips. On 2017-05-22 18:39:34.187078 by Kerry Sachs, do you have an email address where I can mail you pictures of my panels and get an opinion from you on them?thank you. Above and below, courtesy of Richard Sims, we include photographs of a 400A 240V Zinsco Electrical Panel that was property of the Georgia (USA) Power Company, including identifying Zinsco labeling. 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