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WARNING CALL YOUR ELECTRICIAN Your building may have one of these Federal Pacific Circuit Breakers which need to be replaced, or field modified: NEJ/HEJ NFJ/HFJ NEG/HEG NEF NP Under certain conditions these breakers could cause personal injury or property damage. FPE circuit breakers are most likely to be found in enclosures marked FPE. However, they may also be found in some enclosures made by other manufacturers, such as: Zinsco, Sylvania, Frank Adam Electric Co. THEY WILL NOT BE FOUND IN ENCLOSURES MARKED GE, WESTINGHOUSE, ITE, SQUARE D, AND CUTLER-HAMMER. Because of the difficulty in identifying these devices, have your on-site electrician or facility engineer review the following chart to determine if you have any of these FPE Breakers. Identification chart of breakers involved in corrective actions BREAKER TYPE AMPERE RANGE POLES VOLTS A.C. RATING MAX. TYPE OF FACILITY CORRECTIVE ACTION REQUIRED NEJ/HEJ 70-225 2 & 3 240 Light Industrial REPLACE BREAKERS NFJ/HFJ 70-225 2& 3 600 Industrial REPLACE BREAKERS INSTALLED ON ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS ABOVE 550 VOLTS NEG/HEG 30-100 2 & 3 600 Heavy Industrial MODIFY BREAKERS INSTALLED ON 480 VOLTS OR ABOVE. MODIFY BREAKERS INSTALLED IN FPE ENCLOSURES 1 I00T. NEF 40-100 2 & 3 480 600 Commercial and Industrial REPLACE BREAKERS NP 600-2500 2 & 3 600 Large Electrical Distribution Systems REPLACE BREAKERS INSTALLED ON ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS WITH AVAILABLE FAULT CURRENTS ABOVE 85,000 AMPERES AT 240 VOLTS OR 50,000 AMPERES AT480 AND 600 VOLTS OR WHERE ROUTINELY USED AS A SWITCH This is part of a program voluntarily initiated by Federal Pacific. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has been notified. Lab tests have indicated that these Circuit Breakers could cause personal injury or property damage. Federal Pacific will respond as soon as possible by phone or mail. Allow 6 weeks for this preliminary contact. If your electrician finds you have these FPE breakers in service, or if he is uncertain, please call, toll free: 800-526-3962 (In N.J.: call 800-942-7773.) YOUR SAFETY IS OUR CONCERN. Yes. We have breakers in use. Please have an PTE engineer contact us. Name Title Company Address Phone FEDERAL PACIFIC ELECTRIC COMPANY PRODUCT RECOVERY CENTER • P0 BOX 1800, Somerville, NJ 08876 • (201) 526-1330 Write 470 on Reader Service Card Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
