GE breaker panels, circuit breakers and fuses
1 report to CPSC, the latest made May 28, 2011. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- May 28, 2011the latest report was made
- May 28, 2011the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- GE
- Maker
- GE Appliances & LightingMakers, 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 |
|---|---|
| May 2011 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- No one hurt 1 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 May 28, 2011, published by CPSC Jun 28, 2011
The product, in the report: Residential electric panel
My house in Hannibal, MO had a GE 225 amp main breaker loadcenter installed in approximately 1980 with all copper wire, there was no aluminum wiring in the panel. The panel was known generically in the industry as a 20-40 panel which means it had 20 full size circuit breaker spaces for GE Type THQL circuit breakers, but will accomodate up to 40 circuits when using the thin Type THQP GE circuit breakers. The panel caught on fire on the morning of April 24, 2011. All wiring connections in the panel had last been checked and tightened in 2009. The nearest interconnected smoke detector was approximately 4 feet from the panel and alerted my renters immediately. Without delay, my renters ran to the basement assuming the electric clothes dryer that was running was the problem. They opened the electric panel door to turn off the circuit breaker to the dryer and flames came from the panel. A nearby dry chemical fire extinguisher was used and extinguished the electrical fire. I live approximately 110 miles from Hannibal so my renters immediately called me. I instructed them to call the Hannibal Board of Public Works and have the power disconnected at the pole, the BPW responded immediately and performed the disconnect. I then called Lampton Electric Co. in Hannibal ([REDACTED]). The owner of Lampton Electric, [REDACTED], responded immediately to make sure the panel had been made safe. The next morning, Lampton Electric began work changing the electric service. There were no injuries and property damage was minor because my renters were home, but this incident could have easily been much worse had they not been there. I have attempted by email to notify both GE Corporate, asking for them to notify their product liability department, and GE Industrial, the division of GE that manufactures these panels and circuit breakers. GE has yet to ackowledge my report. I have pictures of the panel and circuit breaker that apparently caused the fire and also retained the GE burnt panel and circuit breakers.
- Model
- GE Loadcenter
- Bought
- Jan 1, 1980, about then
- Where
- Hannibal, Missouri: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Unspecified
- The reporter’s relation to them
- No Relationship
- As this report names them
- Brand GE, made or sold by GE Appliances & Lighting
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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