Federal Pacific & Zinsco Panel Replacement in Bayonet Point, FL
When the Label Settles It|Licensed & Insured, EC13011268
Three things behind a panel door decide whether it stays or goes: the maker's name, the breakers, and any sign of heat. Kennedy Electric reads the electrical at Bayonet Point homes, then removes a Federal Pacific or Zinsco panel in its entirety and installs a new one in its place, with every circuit moved across to it.
Send the maker's name and a photo of the breakers with your request.
If the panel buzzes or shows scorch marks, leave it alone and stop using the circuits it feeds. For smoke or sparks, call 911.
Call (352) 251-2795, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., or send a request online. Calls after hours are returned the next business day.
At a glance
Half the Owner Homes, One Decade
Of the roughly 8,000 Bayonet Point homes their owners live in, about half were built in the 1970s and about three in ten in the 1980s, by census estimates. Federal Pacific panels were used in new houses from the 1950s through the 1980s, and nearly nine in ten of those owner-occupied homes date from that span. Only about one owner-home in ten was built in 1990 or later. An original panel in one of those older houses can carry that name, or a Zinsco label.
In a house from those decades with its first panel still in place, the label inside the door is the first thing to check, since it names the maker the builder chose. A replacement is permit work in Pasco County, which lists a service or panel change as one of the jobs that require an electrical plan to be filed with the application, and Kennedy Electric applies for that permit.
How it runs
The Paper Trail of a Replacement
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Your photo
With only the outer door open and the metal cover behind it left in place, photograph the label and a close-up of the breaker handles, which can identify the maker when the label can't, and note whether the panel hangs in the garage, in a utility room, or on an outside wall.
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Filing with Pasco
Once you approve the written estimate, we file the permit application with Pasco and attach the electrical plan that the county requests.
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The new directory
Once the power company that supplies the house has authorized the shut-off and the service is off, the old panel comes out whole. Each circuit is moved to the new one, tested before the cover goes on, and given a line in the directory indicating what it feeds, so a later electrician or inspector can find any circuit without tracing it.
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The papers that close it out
Power goes back on once the county's final inspection passes. That inspection record and the invoice are the two documents an insurer or a later buyer may request. Keep them with the house's records, since a 4-point report notes the panel's age and the invoice dates the new one.
What we cover
What the Evidence Inside the Door Decides
Heat marks, a scorched breaker, or a burnt smell near the box: Those move the replacement up the calendar. Stop using the circuits involved until the panel has been inspected, and don't remove the inner cover to look more closely.
Another maker's name on an original panel: Any panel past 30 years is on our replacement list too, whatever the brand, and about nine in ten owner-occupied homes here were built before 1990, so an original panel in one of them has passed that mark.
Federal Pacific, FPE, or Stab-Lok on the label: That name puts the panel on our replacement list: the whole panel comes out, with no breaker swap inside the old one.
A Zinsco or Sylvania name inside the door: Some Zinsco panels were sold under the Sylvania name, and either label puts the box on the same replacement list as Federal Pacific.
No label left at all: The breakers themselves identify the maker to an electrician, so a missing label leaves the question open only until the visit.
What goes in its place: A new panel that meets the permit, with every circuit landed on a breaker made for it.
Pricing
Costs for a Panel That Has to Go
We don't do upfront pricing. No job has a standard price with us: each one is tailored to the property and the work you've asked for, and priced once we've seen it.
We offer free estimates on installations, upgrades, and replacements in our service area. Estimates aren't free when the job needs troubleshooting or testing to price, falls after hours or outside our service area, needs several meetings to gather information, or is new construction or a custom remodel with multi-party walk-throughs. For most jobs, estimates arrive by email by the end of the next business day, and quotes are good for 30 days.
Our warranty
02If something we installed fails because of our workmanship within 30 days of completion, we waive the hourly labor to put it right. Materials Kennedy Electric purchases for your job carry the manufacturer's one-year warranty. To replace defective materials we supplied, or materials damaged by storm, flood, fire, or other acts of God, we charge a reduced warranty labor rate of $50 an hour residential and $75 an hour commercial. The warranty does not cover materials not purchased by Kennedy Electric, work performed by the customer, or materials the customer purchased or damaged. Our warranty terms are printed on the estimate, the invoice, and the receipt, and the product boxes stay with you so you can register each product with its manufacturer.
We bought our Bayonet Point house recently, and the inspection report mentioned the panel. Is that enough to get a quote?
Our 1970s Bayonet Point house has a Bryant or Westinghouse panel. Is that on the list as well?
Our Bayonet Point house is from the 1980s, and the maker's label has worn away. How do we find out what we have?
We can't be at our Bayonet Point house on the day of the inspection. Can someone else let the inspector in?
How long is the house without power?
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Is Someone Waiting on the Panel Answer?
Tell us the maker if you can read it, and whether an insurer or a buyer is waiting on the answer. Our office will reach you during business hours.