LSI Recalls Wind Speed Sensors Due to Risk of Injury from Impact (Recall Alert)
Home product recall 13-746. Announced by CPSC on Aug 7, 2013.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Aug 7, 2013. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- About 100 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 sensor can fail to display an accurate data reading and cause crane operators and other users to incorrectly gauge wind conditions, posing a risk of injury from impact to the consumer.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Consumers should stop using the wind speed sensors and contact LSI for instructions on returning the recall sensor for a replacement unit. LSI is contacting known customers directly.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: Load Systems International (LSI) customer service toll-free at (888) 819-4355 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, or online at www.loadsystems.com, then click on the Windspeed recall link for additional information.
Which ones are recalled?
This recall involves LSI model GS025 wind speed sensors with serial numbers 100015 and 100412. Model and serial numbers can be found on the underside of the product’s base. The charcoal-grey colored sensor has “LSI” printed on one side and three windspeed cups on the top of the product. The 7-inch-high sensors are often used by crane operators to gauge wind conditions when lifting and moving items.
About 100 units, as CPSC gives them.
LSI Wind Speed Sensors.
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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 Load Systems International, Quebec, Canada.
- LSI distributors nationwide from March 2013 to June 2013 for about $400.
- Made in Canada, as the notice gives it.
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Was anyone hurt?
None reported
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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.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
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.
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