Stan in Oly, WA
Well-known Member
The buyer's inspection report for a house I'm selling noted that the electrical panel is Zinsco brand, and the buyer might want to consider having it replaced. As the owner of the house, I can do that myself, and the buyer is willing to adjust the sales price to pay for my time and materials.
There is a company that makes replacement parts for Zinsco/Sylvania panels so that the box and all connections to it can be left in place, and only the parts with a bad reputation be replaced. Has anyone done this? I can see that the work would be easier than replacing the whole box, but there would be some different problems with this approach. For instance, the replacement parts are probably not available locally, so there would be travel time involved. Also, I would have to get an exact match up which might be problematic. Changing out the whole box would be more work, but would provide a fresh start, and I could go with Square D or other top brand for probably not much more money.
All advice and opinions would be appreciated.
Stan
There is a company that makes replacement parts for Zinsco/Sylvania panels so that the box and all connections to it can be left in place, and only the parts with a bad reputation be replaced. Has anyone done this? I can see that the work would be easier than replacing the whole box, but there would be some different problems with this approach. For instance, the replacement parts are probably not available locally, so there would be travel time involved. Also, I would have to get an exact match up which might be problematic. Changing out the whole box would be more work, but would provide a fresh start, and I could go with Square D or other top brand for probably not much more money.
All advice and opinions would be appreciated.
Stan