Product Recall Number: 13-211
Why was Metal Halide Lamps recalled?
The internal wiring can arc causing the lamp to catch fire or the glass to shatter. This poses fire and laceration hazards.
Product Recall Number: 13-211
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2013-06-06
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Metal Halide Lamps
Description: The internal wiring on the 150-watt industrial egg-shaped, clear glass light bulbs can arc, causing the lamp to catch fire or the glass to shatter.
Hazard Description: The internal wiring can arc causing the lamp to catch fire or the glass to shatter. This poses fire and laceration hazards.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Refund, Replace
Units: About 8,100
Incidents: Philips has received one report of a failure that damaged a lamp. The company has received no reports of injury or property damage.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the lamps and contact Philips for a full refund or a replacement. Philips will issue a refund as a credit to all distributors with recalled lamps in their inventories and will replace recalled lamps that have been installed at no cost to the consumer.
Sold At: Professional electrical wholesale supply distributors for use by industrial and commercial property owners from November 2012 to April 2013 for about $20. The lamps have been installed in retail stores and recreational facilities.
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: United States
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed