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Murray Electrical Products (Siemens) breaker panels, circuit breakers and fuses

1 report to CPSC, the latest made Dec 13, 2017. A report isn’t a recall.

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From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 1report to CPSC
  • Dec 13, 2017the latest report was made
  • Dec 13, 2017the earliest
  • 0with the company’s comments
Brand
Murray Electrical Products (Siemens)
Maker
SIEMENS INDUSTRY INCMakers, 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

1 report from January 2017 to December 2017; the most in December 2017, 1.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
December 20171

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.

Source:

CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.

  1. No one hurt

    Made Dec 13, 2017, sent to the company Mar 26, 2018, published by CPSC Apr 9, 2018

    The product, in the report: Murray (Siemens) MP230 (30 amp) and possibly MP250 (50amp) circuit breaker

    On 12/11/2017, at 2120 hours, my wife and I were lying in bed watching TV, preparing to sleep. I heard a faint “crackling” noise and thought it was one of my children in the bedroom next to mine moving around in their bed - as we keep a plastic cover on their mattresses which can make a very similar sound.

    A few minutes later, my wife and I looked at each other and she said, “Do you smell that?” I said, “Yep, smoke!”.

    We both jumped out of bed and ran to check the kid’s room. Seeing no issues there, we continued up the hallway to the common living areas. I could see from the kitchen into the utility room where the breaker panel is located. There was an orange glow of fire in the bottom 1/4 of the panel.

    At this point, I yelled to my wife to get the kids out. Standing as far from the panel as possible, I reached over with my left hand and unlatched and opened the breaker panel cover. I could see a small fire. I was able to switch the main circuit breaker to the off position. This extinguished the fire within a few seconds.

    I then assisted my wife (in the complete darkness), getting my 5 year old daughter and 5 year old son out of the house.

    I then called 911 to report the fire. The Keowee Ebeneezer volunteer fire department responded within about 5 minutes.

    Using their heat camera they confirmed that the issue was contained to the bottom half of the electrical panel, with the bottom 2 breakers (Murray MP250 and Murray MP230) showing the most heat.

    I had an electrician respond the following afternoon. Upon disassembling the breakers, we noticed that the bottom 2 breakers were the most damaged. It appeared that the bottom left one was where the fire originated. On the MP230, you could no longer see the terminals where it would connect to the breaker panel’s buss bar as it was too badly damaged or broken before the fire.

    Model
    MP230 MP250
    UPC
    4089251898 (?)
    Bought from
    Unknown
    Where
    West Union, South Carolina: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 4, Male
    The reporter’s relation to them
    My Child
    As this report names them
    Brand Murray Electrical Products (Siemens), made or sold by SIEMENS INDUSTRY INC
    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.

Source:

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Sources

Sources

  • 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.

Source:

Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.

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