Eastar dehumidifiers
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Sep 5, 2012. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Sep 5, 2012the latest report was made
- Sep 5, 2012the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Eastar
- Maker
- ELECTROLUX/WHITE CONSOLIDATEDMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- DehumidifiersCPSC’s product type: Dehumidifiers (code 306), in Home Maintenance and Structures: Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| September 2012 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- No one hurt 1 CPSC: Incident, No Injury
As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.
The reports, as CPSC published them
Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.
Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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No one hurt Made Sep 5, 2012, sent to the company Oct 5, 2012, published by CPSC Oct 22, 2012
The product, in the report: 50 pint Dehumidifier
Caller and his family had been out of their house approximately one and a half hours when his sister in law came running down to them yelling that their house was on fire.
Caller’s sister in law had been working on her computer when she heard what sounded like a mini explosion then saw smoke and ran out of the house.
Caller’s daughter ran to a neighbor’s house immediately and called the fire department. Fire Department traced the fire to the dehumidifier.
Insurance company investigator stated that there was a short in the circuit board and that the dehumidifier had been burning for a while, hot gases were sucked into the furnace and expanded, heating the [REDACTED] and causing the explosion.
Damage at this time is up to two hundred and seventy thousand dollars with investigation still mid way and tallies still being figured.
Caller is reporting this as a severe fire safety hazard due to the fact that the dehumidifier had only been running for the time he was out of the house which was approximately one and a half hours. Dehumidifier is used in basement to keep basement dry.
Caller has not contacted the manufacturer and will not but he will be speaking through his insurance agent to them.
- Model
- LAD504TDL
- Serial number
- KN0110390
- Bought from
- Lowes, Missouri
- Bought
- Jun 1, 2010
- Where
- Reeds Spring, Missouri: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand Eastar, made or sold by ELECTROLUX/
WHITE CONSOLIDATED - How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
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