Delonghi Voluntarily To Replace Control Panels On Oil-Filled Electric Heaters
Home product recall 91-108. Announced by CPSC on Aug 15, 1991.
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Announced by CPSC on Aug 15, 1991. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
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What’s wrong with it?
Fire & Fire-Related Burn
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What should you do?
The notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.
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Which ones are recalled?
August 15, 1991 Release # 91-108 Delonghi Voluntarily To Replace Control Panels On Oil-Filled Electric Heaters WASHINGTON, DC -- Delonghi is providing free replacement control panels for oil-filled radiator-type electric heaters manufactured by DeLonghi S.p.A. from 1980 through 1988. DeLonghi is taking this action to correct what the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) considers to be potential fire hazards in some of the electric controls. This replacement program by DeLonghi is being undertaken in cooperation with the CPSC after reports of electrical failures within some control panels which the Commission believes could cause fires. The manufacturer does not believe any safety hazard exists with these products. DeLonghi is offering, at no cost to owners of the units, the upgraded control panels, which incorporate improved components and design. The heaters are beige or tan and look like small radiators. These electric heaters bear a silver sticker on the underside of the metal box holding the controls. Stickers beginning with the digits “80” through “88” identify units whose control panels are being upgraded. A small number of heaters were sold under the Sears and Welbilt brand names. Those heaters bear the code number of “816F” next to the Underwriters’ Laboratories (UL) label on the side of the metal control box. The new control panel brings even the oldest DeLonghi heaters up to the most recent UL standards, and upgrades all heaters to current levels of quality and safety. DeLonghi states that the replacement will extend the life of the heater. The CPSC urges all owners of the heaters manufactured from 1980 through 1988 to participate in the program as soon as possible by calling 1-800-322-3848 to arrange for replacement of the control panel
Delonghi oil-filled radiator-type electric heaters, Sears oil-filled radiator-type electric heaters and Welbilt oil-filled radiator-type electric heaters.
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Who made and sold it?
- Made by Welbilt.
- Made by Sears.
- Made by Delonghi.
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Was anyone hurt?
The notice doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
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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.
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.
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