The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Hearth & Home Technologies has announced a recall of about 22,000 fireplace wall controls. Failure in the wall control system can cause the fireplace to turn on by itself, creating a risk of property damage and posing a fire hazard. Hearth & Home has received 13 reports of a fireplace turning itself on and continuing to operate, including two reports of minor property damage caused by high temperature. This recall involves WSK-300 IntelliSwitch Fireplace Wall Controls sold with Heat & Glo gas direct vent fireplaces with the following model & serial numbers:
Model Number | Sales period | All serial numbers up to |
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6000GLX-IPI-S | January 2007 to January 22, 2008 | 0021279289 |
6000GLX-IPILP-S | January 2007 to January 22, 2008 | 0021279322 |
6000GLX-IPI-R | January 2007 to January 28, 2008 | 0021281203 |
6000GLX-IPILP-R | January 2007 to January 22, 2008 | 0021279291 |
Cerona 36 | January 2007 to January 22, 2008 | 0021279592 |
Cerona 42 | January 2007 to January 23, 2008 | 0021279097 |
The recall also includes the following wall controls sold separately: Heat & Glo WSK-300-HNG (sold between January 2007 to December 2007), Heatilator WSK-300-HTL (sold between June 2007 to December 2007) and Quadra-Fire WSK-300-QF (sold between November 2007 to December 2007). Consumers should disable the fireplace and contact Hearth and Home Technologies at 1-800-215-5152 for a replacement wall control panel for installation by the consumer or trained technician.
Credit: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission alert