Old Zinsco Breakers. In the 1950 s this was a very popluar brand. An accident report that dates back to july 1994 was published by the occupational safety and health administration states that an electrical contractor sustained second and third.
How to replace a zinsco breaker. This gray circuit breaker may have been installed in a gte sylvania electrical panel but is breaker did not use the zinsco design circuit breakers and or may be of a different brand or manufacture. Older breakers were also known as a magnatrip breaker.
But a design flaw that resulted in fire hazards and electrical shocks made this brand obsolete.
Zinsco sylvania gte 100 amp 2 pole type q circuit breaker. These should be removed immediately. Residential circuit breakers can be easy to replace if you keep a few things in mind. These are obsolete and are ony available in recondition.
