Product Recall Number: 16-167
Why was Digital clamp meters recalled?
The meters can fail to give an accurate voltage reading, resulting in the operator falsely believing the electrical power is off, posing shock, electrocution and burn hazards.
Product Recall Number: 16-167
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2016-05-19
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Digital clamp meters
Description: "The meters can fail to give an accurate voltage reading, resulting in the operator falsely believing the electrical power is off."
Hazard Description: The meters can fail to give an accurate voltage reading, resulting in the operator falsely believing the electrical power is off, posing shock, electrocution and burn hazards.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Replace
Units: About 114,000 (in addition, 3,300 were sold in Canada and 3,750 in Mexico)
Incidents: None reported
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled digital clamp meters and contact Klein Tools to receive postage paid labels to return the clamp meters for free replacement units.
Sold At: "Home Depot and other hardware stores, industrial distributors and electrical wholesalers nationwide from November 2015 through April 2016 for between $55 and $75."
Importers: Klein Tools, of Lincolnshire, Ill.
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed