Saturday 17 June 2017

Report: Massive Fire Sprinkler Recall

Millions of potentially faulty sprinkler

heads in offices, schools and homes are expected to be recalled

this week, USA Today reported today.

It said the recall, expected from the Consumer Product Safety

Commission on Thursday, will cover more than 30 million GB model

sprinkler heads made by Central Sprinkler.

The heads are equipped with O-ring water seals that have been

found to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfNmypOk45k corrode, which could cause the sprinklers to fail during a

fire, the paper said.



It noted that in 1998 the federal safety agency ordered the

company, based in Lancaster, Pa., to replace 8.4 million sprinkler

heads marketed under the Omega brand and ordered it to pay a $1.3

million fine.

The paper said Un derwriters Laboratories, an independent testing

company, has cited at least two fires during which GB sprinkler

heads https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfNmypOk45k like the one to be recalled this week had failed.

It said neither https://www.angieslist.com/landscaping-lawn-care/ the Consumer Product Safety Commission nor Tyco

International, which acquired Central Sprinkler in 1999, would

comment on the expected recall.



http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=117326&page=1

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