Edwards Fire Safety 2020-06-17 Kitchen serious CPSC
Kitchen · CPSC · Recall #CPSC-20140
Edwards Mechanical Heat Detectors Recall
Issued June 17, 2020 · Edwards Fire Safety · 85,000 units affected
In June 2020, Edwards Fire Safety recalled the Edwards Mechanical Heat Detectors, a serious kitchen recall reported by the CPSC.
Compiled by Maya Ellison, RecallCheckr
What this means for you
The recalled heat detectors can fail to activate in reaction to rising temperatures, posing a risk of failure to alert consumers to a fire.
What you should do
- 1 Stop using Edwards Mechanical Heat Detectors right away.
- 2 Set it aside where it won't be used by mistake.
- 3 Contact Edwards Fire Safety to arrange your replace. See the official notice below for contact details.
- 4 Keep the product until your remedy is fully processed. You may need it.
Official remedy (Replace): Consumers who use the product in life-safety applications permitted by code (for example, in elevator shafts, or in lieu of smoke detectors, manual pull stations, or sprinklers in particular settings), or in residential attics or residential garages, should immediately contact a fire or security alarm professional for free replacement and installation of the heat detector.
Recall details
- Brand
- Edwards Fire Safety
- Category
- Kitchen
- Recall date
- June 17, 2020
- Units affected
- 85,000
- Sold at
- Edwards' distributors, electrical wholesalers, contractors, and fire safety professionals nationwide from January 1979 through May 2018 for between $6 to $7 per unit.
- Recall number
- CPSC-20140
- Made in
- China
- Issuing agency
- CPSC
In context
- Edwards Fire Safety has 1 recall in our database.
- We're tracking 296 Kitchen recalls in our database.
- 85,000 units is enough to reach roughly 1 in every 1,541 US households.
- This is the 27th Kitchen recall we've logged in 2020.