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CPSC Issues Warning Of Electric Shock Hazard In Gas And Electric Dryers

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Name of Product:
Gas and electric clothes dryers
Hazard:

These dryers have potentially defective timers capable of causing fatal electric shock.

Remedy:
Inspect
Replace
Recall Date:
February 15, 1974
Units:

Approximately 3,000

Consumer Contact

 For further information, call the Consumer Product Safety Commission toll-free hot line (800) 638-2772.

Recall Details

Description:

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb.15)--The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission today warned consumers that approximately 3,000 gas and electric clothes dryers manufactured after November 8, 1973, and sold in the past four months may have potentially defective timers capable of causing fatal electric shock.

Owners of the suspect units are urged to immediately unplug the dryer, being careful not to touch any metal surfaces.

The model and serial number may be located by opening the door of the clothes dryer and looking at the upper lefthand corner of the door well.

The timers were manufactured by Lux Time Company of Connecticut, a division of Robertshaw Controls Company, and were sold to the Franklin Manufacturing Company, Webster City, Iowa, which, in turn, sold them to the six dryer manufacturers.

The Franklin Manufacturing Company, a subsidiary of White Consolidated of Cleveland, Ohio, reported the defect to the Commission February 12, and has directed its customers to halt delivery on the dryers.

The firm has advised consumers who may have purchased any of the dryers in question to contact the dealer from whom it was purchased for inspection and, if necessary, replacement of the control at no cost to the customer. For further information, call the Consumer Product Safety Commission toll-free hot line (800) 638-2772.

 

Customer

Brand Name

# Units

Model #

Serial #'s

Kelvinator, Inc.

Kelvinator

1,569

DE640GA

DE522GW

DE522GC

DE522GH

DE522GA

042210 & 042292

037466 - 041533

037198 - 040199

037696 - 041287

036604 - 040842

WT Grant

Bradford

870

78-196

78-303

78-204

78-212

78-287

42119 - 43469

40221 - 42711

41325 - 43669

38839 - 43368

42318 - 42416

Admiral Corp.

Admiral

479

LDE 1833

LDG 1833

LDE 1835

3058824 - 3067520

3061381 - 3068230

3067699 - 3067760

3065180

Hamilton Appliance Co.

Hamilton

175

DS 253W

DP 253W

DS 153W

33057 & 33107

32710 - 32884

32912 - 33319

Gamble-Skogmo

Coronado

158

45-1203

45-1223

12328 - 12427

12228 - 12319

Kalvinator Sales

of Puerto Rico

Kelvinator

126

DE522G-W

DE522G-H

DE522G-A

DE522G-C

038421 - 038490

039078 - 039107

036584 - 036603

037240 - 040194 

Remedy:

The firm has advised consumers who may have purchased any of the dryers in question to contact the dealer from whom it was purchased for inspection and, if necessary, replacement of the control at no cost to the customer.

Manufacturer(s):
Lux Time Company of Connecticut, a division of Robertshaw Controls Company
Recall number:
74-008

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