Electric Recalls
This is a list of electric recalls. These recalls are listed with the most recent first.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Provo Craft & Novelty Inc., of Spanish Fork, Utah, is voluntarily recalling about 730,000 Candlsense Warmers. The internal heating element of the candle warmer can detach and melt the bottom of its plastic casing, which can in turn ignite or scorch the surface on which the candle warmer is placed, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Waxcessories® Inc., of Dracut, Mass., is voluntarily recalling about 830,000 Electric Simmer Pots. The simmer pots have wire connections that can become loose, posing a risk of fire and electric shock to consumers.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Salton Inc., of Lake Forest, Ill., is voluntarily recalling about 12,000 Electric Toasters. The toaster can turn on without bread in the slots and ignite items placed on top of it, posing a fire hazard.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Ensto Control Oy, of Finland, is voluntarily recalling about 19,000 Toggle Switches and Rotary Switches. When switched OFF, one electrical pole may remain energized, posing a risk of electrical shock hazard to consumers.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), QVC Inc., of West Chester, Pa., and Tristar Products Inc., of Fairfield, N.J., are voluntarily recalling about 13,500 Electric Contact Grills. Cooking oils or sprays applied to the grill’s cooking plates before preheating can cause the oil to ignite and/or flare up. Cooking sprays can ignite and/or flare up if used on the grill at any time.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Advance Stores Co., d.b.a. Advance Auto Parts, of Roanoke, Va., is voluntarily recalling about 64,000 Strike Force Portable Air Compressors. The compressor’s motor can overheat and ignite the protective cover, posing a fire hazard to consumers. Also, the cover might not prevent internal components from being touched, which poses an electrical shock hazard.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Aloha Housewares Inc., of Arlington, Texas, is voluntarily recalling about 152,000 Portable Electric Heaters. The portable electric heater can overheat and melt plastic parts, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), GE Consumer & Industrial, of Louisville, Ky., is voluntarily recalling about 2,100 GE Gas Clothes Dryers. A short circuit in the dryer’s wiring poses a shock hazard to consumers with ungrounded dryers.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that a liquidating trust acting on behalf of a now-dissolved manufacturer of heaters has agreed to pay the government a $500,000 civil penalty. The penalty settles allegations that Vornado Air Circulation Systems Inc., formerly of Andover, Kan., failed to report in a timely manner incidents of fire and overheating from defective heaters.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), A.O. Smith Electrical Products Co., of Tipp City, Ohio, is voluntarily recalling about 6,300 Whole-house Exhaust Fan Electric Motors. The fan’s electric motor can be miswired and overheat, posing a fire hazard.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Intermatic Inc., of Spring Grove, Ill., is voluntarily recalling 8,500 Intermatic DT27 Digital Self-Adjusting Timers. The recalled timers could have been wired incorrectly, which poses an electrical shock hazard to consumers.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), World Dryer Corp., of Berkeley Ill., is voluntarily recalling about 25,000 World Dryer and Bradley Brand Hand and Hair Dryers. Some of the nozzles on these dryers are not grounded. If an electrical component comes into contact with an ungrounded nozzle, it can pose a shock hazard to consumers.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), AutoZone Parts Inc., of Memphis, Tenn., is voluntarily recalling about 140,000 Valucraft Booster Cables. The booster cables clamps were assembled incorrectly resulting in reverse polarity. This poses an electrical shock and explosion hazard to consumers.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), QVC Inc., of West Chester, Pa., is voluntarily recalling about 13,000 Cook’s Essential Electric Toasters. The toaster can turn on without bread in the slots and ignite items placed on top of it, posing a fire hazard.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), GE Consumer & Industrial, of Louisville, Ky., is voluntarily recalling about 92,000 Built-in Combination Wall and Microwave Ovens. The door switch in the microwave oven can overheat and ignite plastic components in the control area, posing a fire hazard to consumers. The lower thermal oven does not pose a hazard.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Cooper Lighting Inc., a division of Cooper Industries, of Houston, Texas, is voluntarily recalling about 274,000 Metalux Fluorescent Shop Lights. When the two prongs on the plug’s electrical cord are touched simultaneously while lamps are installed, the light can pose an electric shock hazard to consumers.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Yamaha Corporation of America, of Buena Park, Calif., is voluntarily recalling about 49,000 Yamaha AC Power Adaptors. The housing of the power adaptor can separate, posing an electric shock hazard to consumers.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Connecticut Electric & Switch Mfg. Co. (Connecticut Electric), of Puyallup, Wash., is voluntarily recalling about 64,000 Counterfeit "Square D" Circuit Breakers. The recalled circuit breakers labeled “Square D” are counterfeit and could fail to trip when they are required to, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Oki Data Americas, of Mount Laurel, N.J., is voluntarily recalling about 400 C9600 Series Digital Color Printers. The recalled digital color printers have an internal electrical problem that could result in electrical shock to consumers.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Razor USA LLC, of Cerritos, Calif., is voluntarily recalling about 20,000 Razor® E300 Electric Scooters. A weld can break causing the handlebar to detach. This can cause the rider to lose control and fall from the scooter.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Salton Inc., of Lake Forest, Ill. and QVC Inc., of West Chester, Pa., are voluntarily recalling about 5,200 Cook’s Essential Electric Toasters. The toaster can turn on without bread in the slots and ignite items placed on top of it, posing a fire hazard.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Keystone Manufacturing Co. Inc., of Buffalo, N.Y., and QVC of West Chester, Pa., are voluntarily recalling about 32,000 Cook’s Essentials Convection Ovens with Pull-Out Rotisserie and Deni Convection Ovens with Rotisserie. Wires behind the control panel can overheat, posing fire and electric shock hazards.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Aloha Housewares, Inc. of Arlington, Texas, is voluntarily recalling about 281,000 “Aloha Breeze” Portable Electric Heaters. The heater can overheat, posing a fire hazard.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Berko Electric, of Peru, Ind., now known as Marley Engineered Products, of Bennettsville, S.C., is voluntarily recalling about 84,000 Toe-Space Electric Heaters. If the fan stops working and the heater continues to run, the unit can overheat, posing a fire hazard.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), International Home Fashions Inc. (and sister company Bilt-Safe Technologies), of Black Mountain, N.C., are voluntarily recalling about 37,100 Classic Beauty Rest Electric Warming Throws. Bunching, folding or tucking of these electric throws can cause them to overheat, resulting in smoldering, melting, fire and burn hazards.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Eastern Illini Electric Cooperative, of Paxton, Ill., is voluntarily recalling about 2,800 Junction Boxes Used with Water Heaters. Wiring connections within the junction box can become loose, posing an overheating and fire hazard.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), The Toro Company, of Bloomington, Minn., is voluntarily recalling about 900,000 Toro Power Sweep Electric Blowers. The blower's impeller, which is a rotating component on the blower, can break, resulting in pieces of plastic flying out of the blower. This poses a risk of serious injury to the user or a bystander.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Milwaukee Electric Tool Co., of Brookfield, Wis., is voluntarily recalling about 1 million Milwaukee Power Plus, Chicago Pneumatic, and Extractor 14.4 and 18 volt 2.4 Ah NiCd battery packs. If a vent on the battery cell is damaged or compromised during use, the battery can explode and pose a laceration hazard to consumers.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), GE Consumer & Industrial, of Louisville, Ky., is voluntarily recalling about 2,600 GE Monogram® Professional Gas Ranges. These ranges have a design flaw that can cause an electrical arc between the wiring and griddle gas supply tube, posing a fire hazard.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), GE Consumer & Industrial, of Louisville, Ky., is voluntarily recalling about 2.5 million GE Dishwashers. Liquid rinse-aid can leak from its dispenser onto the dishwasher's internal wiring which can cause an electrical short and overheating, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
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May is National Electrical Safety Month, and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers that, unlike a fake purse or watch, counterfeit electrical products could pose the risk of injury or death. Counterfeit circuit breakers, power strips, extension cords, batteries and holiday lights can cause fires, explosions, shocks and electrocutions.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Coast Spas Manufacturing Inc., of Langley, British Columbia, Canada and The Engineered Motor Products Division of Franklin Electric Company Inc., of Bluffton, Ind., are voluntarily recalling 8,000 Coast Spas with Franklin Electric Motors. The recalled spas have a circulating pump and motor assembly, which can overheat and pose a fire hazard.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), The Holmes Group, of Milford, Mass., is voluntarily recalling about 300,000 Holmes® Oil-Filled Electric Heaters. A poor electrical connection within the heater can lead to overheating. This poses fire and thermal burn hazards.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Lamson & Sessions, of Cleveland, Ohio, is voluntarily recalling about 100,000 Carlon® Drop-In Floor Boxes. The recalled floor boxes are wired incorrectly resulting in reverse polarity. This poses a shock or electrocution hazard to consumers.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Home Decorators Collection, of St. Louis, Mo., is voluntarily recalling about 900 Home Decorators Collection Wall Sconces. A missing back plate exposes consumers to live wires, posing a risk of electrical shock to consumers changing the light bulb.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Hong Teng Trading (USA) Inc., of Orlando, Fla., is voluntarily recalling about 3,900 Electric Oil Lamps. The power cord is not polarized and is undersized. The power cord is not correctly secured and there is no strain relief on the switch housing. Additionally, the switch housing is not flame-retardant. As a result of these issues, the lamps pose shock and fire hazards.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), DEWALT Industrial Tool Co., of Towson, Md., is voluntarily recalling about 13,000 DEWALT DG2900 Portable Generators. A ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) installed on the generator could fail to operate properly, posing a risk of electric shock to consumers.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Air Comfort Products Division of Emerson Electric Co., of St. Louis, Mo., is voluntarily recalling about 4,000 Emerson 60-inch Designer Ceiling Fan. The brackets holding the fan blades can break, causing the blade to detach. Falling pieces can hit and injure bystanders.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Scott Electric Co. Inc., of Greensburg, Pa., is voluntarily recalling about 30,000 Counterfeit "Square D" Circuit Breakers. The recalled circuit breakers labeled "Square D" are counterfeit and might not trip when they are overloaded, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Black & Decker (U.S.) Inc., of Towson, Md., is voluntarily recalling about 160,000 mowers. An electrical component in the lawnmowers can overheat, posing a fire hazard.
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