A friend had a house inspection done on a house she bought. She asked me to review the results. I noticed that the inspector recommended that the electrical panel be replaced because it's a Zinsco from 1980 and has been recalled.

Anybody have any info on this? How can I check this out?

Thanks, Bob.

Bob there was never an official recall on them, but there's plenty of documented problems with them. I've had breakers fall right out at me when taking off the panel, not a good thing. I'd suggest she follow the inspectors advice and have it replaced. Here's a link to a previous thread that has another link to a previous thread in it. This should provide you will plenty of info about them.

I followed Dora's thread links and started to get that sinking feeling. I knew I had heard of Zinsco somewhere. I just took a look and sure enough I have a Zinsco outdoor panel on the back wall of my house. The only marking I found was a metal label that said Zinsco 60-22. What does that mean?

Should I be worried? This house was built in 1966.

Sorry, I don't mean to kidnap this thread but I think I might have a parallel issue.

Sounds like a 60 amp panel housing 22 breakers. Don't know what types of loads this panel supplies but to know whether it's safe or not would require testing. Like anything there's never a problem until there is. Just not worth the risk in my opinion. In case you need more evidence take a look . Guess you need to weigh the consequences.

Thanks, Dora. I did end up Googling Zinsco panels and found some reports of bad experience. I'll pass that info on to my friend.

Bob.