TRIBUNNEWS.COM, JAKARTA - The public is asked to be aware of the selection of counterfeit Mini Circuit Breaker (MCB) products because it is strongly suspected that fake MCB products are currently circulating in the market.If not alert, consumers can get goods with very weak or even non-existent functions."MCB counterfeiters are getting smarter in marketing their products, the outer appearance is made very similar to the original, they even intentionally add iron or other ballast so that the weight of this fake MCB is similar to the original," said Yola Riana Effendi as Retail Product Manager of Schneider Electric Indonesia, Tuesday ( 1/7/2014).For this reason, when buying this product, it is necessary to have high awareness from the public to choose a quality MCB, namely one that meets SNI, such as the MCB product range from Schneider Electric.As a form of corporate social responsibility to respond to this counterfeiting is through the destruction of 6000 counterfeit MCBs that we carried out last October 2013.The high number of fire incidents was also caused by electrical installations and repairs that were not carried out by officers who have certification in handling electricity.To answer this problem, since 2012, Schneider Electric in collaboration with the Indonesian Electrical Contractors Association (AKLI) has trained approximately 8,000 AKLI member installers and engineering students in various parts of Indonesia."All training is supported by experts and a demo unit provided by Schneider Electric," he said.Various knowledge and training sessions were provided on the occasion including how to identify fake/imitation MCBs and the hazards they can cause, as well as proper installation of MCBs, MCB boxes and ELCBs.In addition, now Schneider Electric is expanding its educational reach by recruiting independent electrical installers who are not AKLI members.This recruitment is carried out extensively, both through a direct approach in the field and through registration which is opened at many authorized electrical outlets that have become Schneider Electric partners.All of these installers were eventually given the privilege to become members of the Install Team Club, which was then registered on the Schneider Electric Indonesia website.