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CPSC Recommends Carbon Monoxide Alarm for Every Home is CPSC recall #01069, announced on January 18, 2001. The CPSC cites the following hazard: Consumers can check the vent pipes attached to their natural gas or propane furnaces or boilers to determine if they are part of this recall. They can be identified as follows: the vent pipes are plastic; the vent pipes are colored gray or black; and the vent pipes have the names "Plexvent®," "Plexvent®II" or "Ultravent®" stamped on the vent pipe or printed on stickers placed on pieces used to connect the vent pipes together. Consumers should also check the location of these vent pipes. For furnaces, only HTPV systems that have vent pipes that go through the sidewalls of structures (horizontal systems) are subject to this program. For boilers, all HTPV systems are subject to this program. Other plastic vent pipes, such as white PVC or CPVC, are not involved in this program. The remedy is consumers should also have the vent pipes on their heating systems inspected. in 1998, virtually the entire furnace and boiler industry together with the manufacturers of high-temperature plastic vent (htpv) pipes joined with cpsc to announce a vent pipe recall program. the program's purpose is to replace, free of charge, an estimated 250,000 htpv pipe systems attached to gas or propane furnaces or boilers in consumers' homes. the htpv pipes could crack or separate at the joints and leak co..
Consumers can check the vent pipes attached to their natural gas or propane furnaces or boilers to determine if they are part of this recall. They can be identified as follows: the vent pipes are plastic; the vent pipes are colored gray or black; and the vent pipes have the names "Plexvent®," "Plexvent®II" or "Ultravent®" stamped on the vent pipe or printed on stickers placed on pieces used to connect the vent pipes together. Consumers should also check the location of these vent pipes. For furnaces, only HTPV systems that have vent pipes that go through the sidewalls of structures (horizontal systems) are subject to this program. For boilers, all HTPV systems are subject to this program. Other plastic vent pipes, such as white PVC or CPVC, are not involved in this program.
Affected products
Fuel- burning appliances - including furnaces, stoves, fireplaces, clothes dryers, water heaters, and space heaters
Remedy
Consumers should also have the vent pipes on their heating systems inspected. In 1998, virtually the entire furnace and boiler industry together with the manufacturers of high-temperature plastic vent (HTPV) pipes joined with CPSC to announce a vent pipe recall program. The program's purpose is to replace, free of charge, an estimated 250,000 HTPV pipe systems attached to gas or propane furnaces or boilers in consumers' homes. The HTPV pipes could crack or separate at the joints and leak CO.
Recall date
January 18, 2001
CPSC recall #01069 covers CPSC Recommends Carbon Monoxide Alarm for Every Home, announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on January 18, 2001. The CPSC cites the following hazard: Consumers can check the vent pipes attached to their natural gas or propane furnaces or boilers to determine if they are part of this recall. They can be identified as follows: the vent pipes are plastic; the vent pipes are colored gray or black; and the vent pipes have the names "Plexvent®," "Plexvent®II" or "Ultravent®" stamped on the vent pipe or printed on stickers placed on pieces used to connect the vent pipes together. Consumers should also check the location of these vent pipes. For furnaces, only HTPV systems that have vent pipes that go through the sidewalls of structures (horizontal systems) are subject to this program. For boilers, all HTPV systems are subject to this program. Other plastic vent pipes, such as white PVC or CPVC, are not involved in this program.
The CPSC remedy for recall #01069 is consumers should also have the vent pipes on their heating systems inspected. in 1998, virtually the entire furnace and boiler industry together with the manufacturers of high-temperature plastic vent (htpv) pipes joined with cpsc to announce a vent pipe recall program. the program's purpose is to replace, free of charge, an estimated 250,000 htpv pipe systems attached to gas or propane furnaces or boilers in consumers' homes. the htpv pipes could crack or separate at the joints and leak co.. Consumers should stop using the product and follow the instructions in the official CPSC notice.
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The primary source is the official CPSC notice at https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2001/CPSC-Recommends-Carbon-Monoxide-Alarm-for-Every-Home. RecallDocket links to it from this page.
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