Product Recall Number: 15-702
Why was Bed bug heat treatment system recalled?
The flexible, electrical conducting strip at the top of the heating element can break at the corners after multiple setups, posing an electrical fire hazard.
Product Recall Number: 15-702
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2014-10-08
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Bed bug heat treatment system
Description: The flexible, electrical conducting strip at the top of the heating element can break at the corners after multiple setups, posing an electrical fire hazard.
Hazard Description: The flexible, electrical conducting strip at the top of the heating element can break at the corners after multiple setups, posing an electrical fire hazard.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Repair
Units: About 1,700
Incidents: PAB Two has received four reports of the flexible, electrical conducting strip breaking, including one report of a fire in a unit and three reports of units sparking. No injuries or significant property damage were reported.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using and unplug the Expedition and register their unit online to receive an ASC Diagnostic Unit free of charge. The diagnostic unit will immediately turn off the system when it detects a break in the conducting strip.
Sold At: Bedbug Central, Bedbug Supply, Protect-a-bed, Univar, pest control companies and pest control product distributors nationwide and online at Amazon.com from December 2011 through May 2014 for between $189 and $199.
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: USA
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed