Monday, October 8, 2007

Recall: Air purifiers melt and catch fire

About 83,000 IonizAir table top air purifiers, manufactured by Leaven Enterprise Co. in Taiwan, because the air purifier’s cartridge can overheat, posing a risk of fire. P3 International, the importer of the product, has received 10 reports of purifiers melting or catching fire and no reports of injuries.

The recalled air purifiers involve model number P4620 with lot numbers beginning with either 03 or 04 or have no lot number. The product was sold at various stores nationwide including mail-order and Internet retailers from January 2003 through July 2004. Details: by phone at 888-734-0449; by Web at www.getnewcartridge.com or http://www.cpsc.gov.

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There are so many products coming from untested manufacturers lately, you could add a margin of safety by having them plugged into my product which would shut them off if smoke is detected.

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