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Gotham Light Fixtures Recalled Due to Risk of Falling Parts

Home product recall 06-575. Announced by CPSC on Aug 15, 2006.

CPSC’s own notice, on cpsc.gov

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Announced by CPSC on Aug 15, 2006. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.

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

What’s wrong with it?

The reflector/trim pieces may not be properly attached to each other. The lower portion of the reflector/trim assembly could detach and fall from the ceiling, striking consumers.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What should you do?

Gotham Lighting is directly contacting facility managers and business owners to schedule an inspection and free repair. Contact Gotham Lighting if you have not been contacted yet.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

  • How to reach the firm: For more information, call Gotham Lighting at (800) 315-4982 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the firm’s Web site at www.gothamlighting.com

Which ones are recalled?

The recalled lighting fixtures have clear, black, pewter, wheat, umber, gold or champagne gold finishes on the trim. Only models APR incandescent and APRH high-intensity discharge down lights with 8-inch openings are included in this recall.

About 4,700 units, as CPSC gives them.

Gotham 8-inch APR/APRH Down Lighting Fixtures.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

CPSC’s photos

CPSC shows 1 photo on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.

Who made and sold it?

  • Made by Gotham Architectural Lighting division, Acuity Lighting Group Inc., of Conyers, Ga.
  • Lighting and electrical supply distributors between March 2005 and June 2006 for between $85 and $220.
  • Made in United States, as the notice gives it.
Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Was anyone hurt?

Acuity Lighting Group has received three reports of the fixture’s reflector parts falling. No injuries have been reported.

Source:

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.
Source:

Hearth Record wrote these lines.

Sources

  • 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.

Source:

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.

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