[RFI] Faulty Whole House Surge Protector Catches Fire

Steve Kurtzman stevew7sjk at gmail.com
Thu Jan 17 19:52:55 EST 2019


A little off-topic but thought it was worth spreading the word.  Caused a
Dec 2018 fire and 4 others.  Occurred in Cary NC.  Not sure how widely
these are sold as it is discontinued but hundreds of them have been sold on
ebay.  Sad

https://www.wral.com/after-fifth-house-fire-cary-firefighters-warn-residents-of-hazardous-surge-protectors/18110074/

https://www.ul.com/newsroom/publicnotices/ul-warns-of-potentially-hazardous-surge-protectors-release-no-16pn-10/

73

Steve W7SJK


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