Schneider Electric, Palatine, Ill., said the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a recall on thousands of fake Square D circuit breakers sold by Miami Breaker Inc., and imported by General Breaker & Panel, both based in Miami. The recall was requested voluntarily by Miami Breaker as part of an Agreed Consent Order for Permanent Injunctive Relief in a lawsuit brought by Square D in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

“Over 43,000 of these counterfeit products were sold into the field by these unauthorized re-sellers,” said Bill Snyder, V.P. of channel development for Schneider Electric. “These counterfeit products are inferior in quality and pose risks to the public. They can fail to trip in the event of an overload or a short circuit thereby creating a risk of fire,” according to Snyder. “Anyone choosing to deal in the marketplace where these counterfeit goods are sold is putting people and property in danger.”

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