Challenger breaker panels, circuit breakers and fuses
4 reports to CPSC, the latest made Feb 5, 2025. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 4reports to CPSC
- Feb 5, 2025the latest report was made
- Apr 28, 2011the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Challenger
- Makers
- EATON CORPORATION and FEDERAL PACIFIC CIRCUIT BREAKERSMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Breaker panels, circuit breakers and fusesIncluding GFCIsCPSC’s product type: Panelboards, Circuit Breakers, Gfci”s, or Fuses (code 4063), in Home Maintenance and Structures: Electrical Systems
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| February 2025 | 1 |
| February 2022 | 1 |
| September 2011 | 1 |
| April 2011 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- No one hurt 4 CPSC: Incident, No Injury
As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.
The reports, as CPSC published them
Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.
Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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No one hurt Made Feb 5, 2025, sent to the company Feb 7, 2025, published by CPSC Feb 24, 2025
The product, in the report: CHALLENGER SLi2(12-24) ELICTRICAL FUSE PANEL
ELECCTRICAL PANEL HAS BEEN RANDOMELY TURNING OFF POWER IN DIFFERENT ROOMS, EVENTUALY IT STARTED SPARKING AND SMOKING , AFTER I WOULD TRY TO FLIP THE BREAKER , WHICH HAD NOT FLIPPED.
- Model
- CHALLENGER SLi2(12-24)FUSE PANEL
- UPC
- UKNON CANT READ
- Where
- Auburn, Washington: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 46, Unknown
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand CHALLENGER, made or sold by EATON CORPORATION
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Feb 11, 2022, sent to the company Mar 11, 2022, published by CPSC Mar 25, 2022
The product, in the report: Electric panel
The home was built in 1991 and the builder purchased and installed the electric panel. It is unknown where it was purchased from or when it was purchased.
Fall-2021: The consumer noticed that some of the electric breakers in her home were tripping. She called an electrician, who came out to examine the panel. The tech. said that some of the breakers were burned. She purchased new ones and he replaced the burned ones.
However, some of the power was still not flowing properly. The electrician removed the back of the panel and saw that there was a hole burned in the back of the panel, itself. The tech. advised the consumer to call her insurance company.
The insurance company requested information from the electrician’s inspection and pictures of the product. After reviewing the information, the insurance company told the consumer that the would not cover any cost towards her claim, because the breakers were recalled.
The consumer finds it odd, that a home built in 1991 (3 years after the 1988 CPSC Recall #83-008), had breakers which the insurance company claims were recalled
- Model
- unknown
- Serial number
- unknown
- Where
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand Challenger, made or sold by EATON CORPORATION
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Sep 16, 2011, sent to the company Nov 21, 2011, published by CPSC Nov 17, 2011
The product, in the report: Circuit breakers
The consumer’s husband works in the basement and sometimes uses an electric heater. Their basement developed an odor and they believe that it started around 3/8/2010. The consumer had the installer check her furnace and hot water heater, but they did not find anything.
The consumer noticed a burning odor in her home and a dead-mouse like odor around September 2010.
(9/16/11) The consumer had an electrician come out to her home and he checked the breakers in the home. The consumer electrician was familiar with this problem and he was able to identify that the circuit breakers were the problem. The electrician removed 4 of the breakers, but he plans to come back out on 9/19/11, to replace all of their breakers. The electrician said that the consumers could have had a house fire. The corners of the breakers were burned, but damage was limited to the breakers.
The consumer also check www.saferproducts.gov and she said that someone reported a similar problem on 4/27/2011, with this same exact mfr’s breakers.
- Model
- Type C1-20, HACR
- UPC
- unknown
- Serial number
- unknown
- Bought from
- Action Electric
- Bought
- Jun 26, 2008
- Where
- Portage, Wisconsin: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Unspecified
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand Challenger, made or sold by EATON CORPORATION
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Apr 28, 2011, published by CPSC Jun 3, 2011
The product, in the report: Challenger breaker panel
Circuit breakers in Challenger panel box starting kicking off. Had electrician inspect and appears buss is overheating and breakers are faulty. Was informed by electrician that these panel boxes were faulty and can cause overheating. Built my home in 1994 and it is my understanding this panel should not have been used. Now having to spend over $2,000 to replace!
- Bought from
- Desormeaux Electric, Louisiana
- Bought
- Jan 10, 1994, about then
- Where
- Maurice, Louisiana: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Unspecified
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Challenger, made or sold by FEDERAL PACIFIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
CPSC’s disclaimer
Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
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