Product Recall Number: 19-036
Why was Smart Thermaflo Bathroom Heater Fans with nightlight recalled?
The safety cutoff can fail to function allowing the heater to rapidly overheat, posing a fire hazard.
Product Recall Number: 19-036
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2018-11-20
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Smart Thermaflo Bathroom Heater Fans with nightlight
Description: This recall involves model SF14TA Smart Thermaflo Bathroom Heater Fans with nightlight manufactured in 2015 and 2016. The fan is a white rectangle about 13 inches wide and 10 inches high with a plastic grill on the front. “Seabreeze International Corporation,” SF14TA and date code are on a label on the bottom or side of the fan. Affected units have a date code ending in 5 or 6.
Hazard Description: The safety cutoff can fail to function allowing the heater to rapidly overheat, posing a fire hazard.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Refund
Units: About 2,100 (in addition, about 3,050 were sold in Canada)
Incidents: Seabreeze has received one report of a unit overheating and catching on fire when turned on, leaving scorch marks on a wall. No injuries have been reported.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled bathroom heaters and contact Seabreeze International for a full refund.
Sold At: Ace Hardware, Amazon, HomeDepot.com, Wayfair, Sharper Image, Brookstone and Air, and Water Inc. in store and online from August 2015 through May 2017 for between $60 and $65.
Importers: Seabreeze International Corp., of Ontario, Canada
Manufacturers: Suzhou Primetech Electronics Co., of JiangSu, China
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed