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From: Capt. Greg (no email)
Date: Fri Feb 01 2002 - 20:31:01 EST
I'm forwarding an email I received from a friend. If you have a
humidifier... Names have been eliminated, but message is real. If you have
any ideas on recourse for him, email me off-list and I will pass it on to
him.
Captain Greg Daley
Yacht Deliveries, Power & Sail
Boat Charters
www.CaptainGreg.net <http://www.captaingreg.net/>
(310) 463-6626
-----Original Message-----
Subject: My boats fire
Sensitivity: Private
If you recall my boat burned down last year and was a total loss. The
dehumidifier was considered the probably cause but that where we left it.
Today I get a recall letter on the dehumidifier you see below stating that
the unit might cause a fire.
Any ideas on what my recourse might be?
ATTENTION
IMPORTANT RECALL NOTICE
WHIRLPOOL DEHUMIDIFIERS
Item 261127 Whirlpool 25 pint Dehumidifier, model AD25BBK/ AD25J
Item 261128 Whirlpool 40 pint Dehumidifier, model AD40DBK/ AD40J
Item 261129 Whirlpool 50 pint Dehumidifier, model AD50DBK/ AD50J
Dear Costco Wholesale Member:
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
("CPSC"), Whirlpool Corporation, of Benton Harbor, Michigan, is
voluntarily
recalling certain dehumidifiers. The dehumidifiers can overheat, posing
a
fire hazard. Our records show that you may have purchased or received a
dehumidifier subject to this recall from Costco.com.
Whirlpool has received13 reports of the dehumidifier overheating
and
causing fires, three of which resulted in extensive property damage. No
injuries have been reported.
The dehumidifiers were sold online at Costco.com between May
1999
and November 2001. The dehumidifiers were sold as Costco item numbers
261127, 261128 and 261129. The dehumidifiers are white plastic, about
2-feet
high and have front-mounted water buckets. The recall models have serial
numbers that begin with QG, QH, QJ, QK or QL. The serial number can be
found
on a label located on the wall behind the water bucket.
Members with the recall dehumidifier should immediately unplug
and
stop using the Whirlpool dehumidifier, and contact Whirlpool at the
toll-free number listed below to arrange for the free repair of the
dehumidifier. Alternatively, members may return the dehumidifier to
the
nearest Costco Wholesale location for a full refund.
For more information please contact Whirlpool Corporation at:
1 (866) 640-7139
or
visit the firm's website at http://www.repair.whirlpool>.com.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you.
Please
pass this letter onto any person to whom the product may have been
passed.
Sincerely,
Costco Wholesale
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