Circuit Breakers: CPSC recalls in this category

9 CPSC recalls are in the product category Circuit Breakers. That is 0.1% of the 10,027 CPSC recalls on the register. The notices give about 2,942,600 units for these recalls. The median recall has 64,000 units.

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Federal law prohibits any person from selling products subject to a Commission ordered recall or a voluntary recall undertaken in consultation with the CPSC.
CPSC publishes these words. Source: CPSC recall notices, section About the U.S. CPSC, read on 1 Oct 2026. The hazard, the remedy and the incident text on this site are the words of the CPSC recall notice. Newest CPSC recall on the register: 24 Sep 2026.

Newest recalls

The newest 9 of 9.

Newest CPSC recalls in the category Circuit Breakers
Date	Recall	Firm	Hazard	Units	CPSC number
23 Sep 2010	Siemens Recalls Circuit Breakers Due to Fire Hazard	Siemens Industry	Fire, Lead or chemical	2,200,000	10354
2 Aug 2010	Miami Breaker Recalls Counterfeit Square D Circuit Breakers Due to Fire Hazard	General Breakers and Panels	Fire	43,600	10749
27 May 2008	Counterfeit Circuit Breakers Recalled By Specialty Lamp International Due to Fire Hazard	Specialty Lamp International	Fire	371,000	08286
27 Dec 2007	North American Breaker Co. Recalls Counterfeit Circuit Breakers Due to Fire Hazard	North American Breaker Co. Inc. (NABCO)	Fire	50,000	08151
30 Oct 2007	Connecticut Electric Recalls Counterfeit Square D Circuit Breakers Due To Fire Hazard	Connecticut Electric & Switch Mfg. Co. (Connecticut Electric)	Fire	64,000	08054
16 Nov 2006	Scott Electric Co. Inc. Recalls Counterfeit Circuit Breakers Due To Fire Hazard	Scott Electric	Fire	30,000	07036
9 Aug 2002	CPSC, Square D Company Announce Recall of Circuit Breakers	Square D	Fire, Overheating	40,000	02556
1 Nov 1998	I-T-E Circuit Breaker Box Inspection Program Announced By Siemens				88091
7 Oct 1998	CPSC, Siemens Energy & Automation Inc. Announce Recall of GFCI Circuit Breakers Used with Hot Tubs and Spa	Siemens Energy & Automation	Overheating	144,000	99005

Hazard: The way a product can cause harm, in the words of the CPSC recall notice. This site also puts each recall under short hazard names.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Hazards

Circuit Breakers: recalls that name each hazard
Hazard		Recalls
Fire		7
Overheating		2
Lead or chemical		1
Other		1

Firms

Firms with a page, in the order of the number of recalls.

Recalls by year

CPSC recalls in the category Circuit Breakers, by the year of the recall date. The largest year is 2007, with 2 recalls.

Units in these recalls: 2,942,600
Median units of one recall: 64,000All CPSC recalls: 8,800
Share of all CPSC recalls on the register: 0.1%

Official channels

CPSC recallsThe list of all recall notices on the CPSC site.
SaferProducts.govThe CPSC site for a report about a consumer product.

Cite this page

Recall Register. Circuit Breakers: CPSC recalls in this category. https://recallregister.com/category/circuit-breakers/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through 29 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: US Consumer Product Safety Commission
Licence: US government work, public domain
Data retrieved: 29 Sep 2026

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Questions

Which hazards do the recalls in the category Circuit Breakers have?: Fire: 7 recalls. Overheating: 2 recalls. Lead or chemical: 1 recall.
What is the newest CPSC recall in the category Circuit Breakers?: CPSC recall 10354, with the recall date 23 Sep 2010. The CPSC title is: Siemens Recalls Circuit Breakers Due to Fire Hazard
Which firms have a page and a recall in the category Circuit Breakers?: 2 firms on this page. The list is in the order of the number of recalls and starts with Siemens Industry, with 1.
Where does the category Circuit Breakers come from?: Circuit Breakers is a product type of CPSC. This site uses the type of the first product of a recall. Most records before 2010 have no product type.