CPSC Posts Recall to its Web Site

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Mar 28, 2017, 12:08 ET

WASHINGTON, March 28, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that the following voluntary recall alert was posted in cooperation with the firm listed below. Recalls can be viewed at www.cpsc.gov.

Company Name

Amphenol Industrial Solar Technologies, of Shenzhen, China (connectors) and SolarWorld Americas Inc., of Hillsboro, Ore. (solar panels)

Product Name

Connectors sold
with solar panels

Quantity

About 97,000

Hazard

The connectors that are attached to the solar panels can develop microscopic cracks that allow moisture to leak into them while the system is producing electricity, posing an electrical shock hazard.

CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908

SOURCE U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission