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CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using HAIYEATBNB Electric Immersion Water Heaters Sold on Amazon.com Due to Fire and Burn Hazards; Risk of Serious Injury and Death

CPSC warning 25-089. Announced by CPSC on Jan 16, 2025.

  • CPSC warning, not a recall
  • CPSC: stop using it
CPSC’s own warning, on cpsc.gov

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Announced by CPSC on Jan 16, 2025. Copied from CPSC on Oct 25, 2026.

Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.

What’s wrong with it?

CPSC issued this as a product safety warning, not a recall.

CPSC warns people about a product this way when there is no recall of it. What’s wrong and what to do are below, in CPSC’s words.

Source:

CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

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The water heaters pose a risk of serious injury and death due to fire and burn hazards.

Source:

CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What should you do?

CPSC urges consumers to immediately dispose of the electric immersion water heaters. There is no remedy for consumers because the manufacturer is refusing to cooperate with CPSC.

Source:

CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Which ones does it cover?

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers to immediately stop using HAIYEATBNB HAIYE03 Electric Immersion Water Heaters because they pose a risk of serious injury and death due to fire and burn hazards. The product is intended to be immersed in water for the purpose of heating the water.Ningbo Ocean International Trading Co. Ltd, of China, manufactures this product and has been unresponsive to CPSC requests for information about this product or to conduct a recall.CPSC is aware of 29 reports of the defective electric immersion water heaters igniting, melting, smoking or overheating, including at least 11 reports of fires. The defective electric immersion water heaters will catch fire if the unit is not completely submerged in water.The defective electric immersion water heaters are metal tubes with several heart-shaped holes stamped into the metal and an attached yellow plastic power cord. The words “IMMERSION HEATER” and “AUTOMATIC POWER-OFF” are printed on the packaging in green. The defective electric immersion water heaters were sold on Amazon.com from June 2023 through November 2024 for about $20.CPSC urges consumers to immediately dispose of the electric immersion water heaters. There is no remedy for consumers because the manufacturer is refusing to cooperate with CPSC.Report incidents involving these electric immersion water heaters, or any product-related injury, on www.SaferProducts.gov.Individual Commissioners may have statements related to this topic. Please visit www.cpsc.gov/commissioners to search for statements related to this or other topics.

HAIYEATBNB HAIYE03 Electric Immersion Water Heaters.

Source:

CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Who made and sold it?

  • Made by Ningbo Ocean International Trading Co. Ltd, China.
  • The defective electric immersion water heaters were sold on Amazon.com from June 2023 through November 2024 for about $20.
Source:

CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Was anyone hurt?

CPSC is aware of 29 reports of the defective electric immersion water heaters igniting, melting, smoking or overheating, including at least 11 reports of fires. The defective electric immersion water heaters will catch fire if the unit is not completely submerged in water.

Source:

CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What the record doesn’t say

  • The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
  • The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
  • How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
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Sources

  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Product safety warnings.

    Released Oct 19, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.

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Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 25, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

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CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

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