CPSC and Carlisle Co. Announce Recall of Snake Lights
Home product recall 03-028. Announced by CPSC on Oct 31, 2002.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Oct 31, 2002. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- About 5,000 units, as CPSC gives them
- None injuries, CPSC’s notice says
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The circuit board in the lamps can overheat and melt the plastic housing, posing a fire or thermal burn hazard to consumers.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Consumers should stop using these lights immediately, unplug them, and return them to any Chuck E. Cheese restaurant for a replacement prize of the same value.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: Consumers can call the Carlisle Co. at (800) 233-3931 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. PT Monday through Friday.
Which ones are recalled?
The recalled lights were made in China and have the model number 8311, which can be found on the package. The blue, red, green, or multi-colored lights are about 17 inches in height and have a curved colored piece of glass (the bulb) that inserts into a black base. When the snake light is turned on it gives off the appearance of “lightning” running through the lamp and into the bulb. “Snake Light” is written on the bottom of the light.
About 5,000 units, as CPSC gives them.
Snake Lights.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Who made and sold it?
- Imported by The Carlisle Co. Inc., Carson City, Nev.
- Chuck E. Cheese’s restaurants nationwide provided the lights as a redemption prize, from July 2002 through September 2002.
- Made in China, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
The Carlisle Co. has received one report of the plastic base melting, though no injuries have been reported.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked 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
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.
Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
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 19, 2026.