Using counterfeit electrical products can result in a higher risk for failure or malfunction, potentially leading to equipment failure, property damage, or injury.
Stopping the sale of counterfeit products is everyone’s responsibility. This includes manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, independent resellers, governments, and customers alike. Collaboration will be key in stopping counterfeit electrical products.
Learn about what to examine on a miniature or molded case circuit breaker.
Electrical Contractor and Eaton joined together to produce this webinar on how to identify counterfeit electrical products. You will learn how to quickly identify at-risk and suspect packaging, extraneous marks and labeling, product modifications, and how counterfeit products are sold.
With Eaton’s Asset Manager, you can easily authenticate specific products using our proprietary anti-counterfeit system. The product scanner will let you know whether y our product is genuine or suspect.
See how Eaton has promoted anticounterfeiting with the following For Safety's Sake blog articles.
How authorized channels and product authentication tools help mitigate counterfeit electrical safety devices.
The NEC looks to pass new requirements governing reconditioned electrical safety devices. But, what makes a device “reconditioned”? Get Eaton’s take.
Eaton’s blog series on changes coming out of the 2020 National Electrical Code review cycle and the direction requirements may head in the future.