Product Recall Number: 17-012
Why was Educational light cubes recalled?
The educational light cube’s lithium polymer battery can overheat and catch fire, posing a fire hazard.
Product Recall Number: 17-012
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2016-10-13
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Educational light cubes
Description: This recall involves the Roylco Educational Light Cubes with model number R59601. The model number is located on the user guide included with the light cube. The educational light cube is a white cube measuring 16 inches high by 16 inches wide by 16 inches deep. The cubes have a light source and a battery located in the base. The cube is primarily used for creative learning involving light in the early childhood classroom.
Hazard Description: The educational light cube’s lithium polymer battery can overheat and catch fire, posing a fire hazard.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Replace
Units: About 1,400
Incidents: The firm has received three reports of the light cube battery overheating and catching fire. No injuries have been reported.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled light cubes and contact Roylco for instructions on returning the light cubes for a free replacement of the light source, which contains the battery.
Sold At: Educational dealers and distributors nationwide, including Beyond Play, Charles J. Becker, Excelligence, Hatch and Kaplan from December 2013 through April 2016 for about $250.
Importers: Roylco, Inc., of Anderson, S.C.
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed