FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 31, 2003
Release # 03-167
Company Phone Number: (877) 557-8598
CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908
CPSC, Ideal Industries Inc. Announce Recall of Voltage Testers
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announces
the following recall in voluntary cooperation with the firm below. Consumers
should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of product: Ideal Solenoid Voltage Testers
Units: About 122,000
Manufacturer: Ideal Industries Inc., of Sycamore, Ill.
Hazard: These testers can short out at high voltages. Consumers can
suffer burns.
Incidents/Injuries: Ideal has received 11 reports of these testers
shorting out at higher voltages, resulting in the faceplate blowing off
the units. Two users were burned when their units reportedly shorted
out. One reportedly sustained third-degree burns on his hands, forearms,
neck and face, while the other suffered second- and third-degree burns
to his hands.
Description: These are Ideal voltage and voltage/continuity testers with
model numbers 61-065, 61-066, 61-067, 61-076, 61-079, and 61-080.
"IDEAL" and the model number are located on the front of the tester. The
tester body is yellow. The wire leads have one black and one red test
probe. Recalled units were manufactured between November 1999 and May
2002. Contact Ideal to determine if your electrical tester is included
in this recall.
Sold at: Electrical distributors, industrial distributors and home
centers nationwide between December 1999 and July 2003 for between $30
and $65.
Manufactured in: U.S.A. and Canada
Remedy: Contact Ideal to receive a free replacement tester.
Consumer Contact: Ideal toll-free at (877) 557-8598 between 7 a.m. and 5
p.m. CT Monday through Friday. Consumers also can access Ideal's Web
site at www.idealindustries.com.
Media Contact: Glenn Hollister, of Ideal Industries Inc., (815)
895-1307 and Jim MacMurdo, of Ideal Industries Inc., (815) 899-7779.