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Zinsco electrical panels sit right beside Federal Pacific on the short list of legacy panel brands Ontario homeowners should not have in service. They were common in Canadian homes built from the mid-1950s through the mid-1970s, and independent testing plus decades of field data have shown them to fail dangerously often enough that most Ontario […]
Federal Pacific Electric Stab-Lok panels are one of the most quietly dangerous pieces of hardware still installed in Ontario homes. Millions of them were installed across Canada and the United States between the 1950s and the early 1990s, and independent testing later showed their breakers fail to trip under overload at rates that would not […]
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Aluminum wiring is one of the more common electrical concerns homeowners run into when buying or living in an older Toronto home. It has a reputation problem, and understandably so, but the full picture is more nuanced than “dangerous” or “fine.” Here’s what aluminum wiring actually is, why it developed a bad reputation, and what […]
