Hampton Bay dehumidifiers
14 reports to CPSC, the latest made Apr 22, 2020. A report isn’t a recall.
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- 14reports to CPSC
- Apr 22, 2020the latest report was made
- Jul 6, 2011the earliest
- 12with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Hampton Bay
- Maker
- The Home DepotMakers, 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
Other ways the reports write the brand (1)
“Hampton Bay (Home Depot Brand)”
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| April 2020 | 1 |
| July 2018 | 1 |
| May 2017 | 1 |
| August 2016 | 1 |
| June 2016 | 1 |
| October 2013 | 1 |
| September 2013 | 1 |
| September 2012 | 2 |
| August 2012 | 1 |
| June 2012 | 1 |
| May 2012 | 1 |
| November 2011 | 1 |
| July 2011 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- No one hurt 13 CPSC: Incident, No Injury
- Not said 1 CPSC: Unspecified
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.
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No one hurt Made Apr 22, 2020, sent to the company Apr 30, 2020, published by CPSC May 14, 2020
The product, in the report: Hampton Bay Dehumidifier sold by Home Depot made in PRC and importer The Home Depot of [REDACTED]. Beige, four wheels, and measure 21 inches high, 13 inches wide and 17 inches long Model HB-50
Hampton Bay (Home Depot) Automatic Dehumidifier internal component failed and caused the unit to overheat and start to smoke while running in my basement. The product is beige measure 21 inches high, 13 inches wide and 17 inches long. The model is HB-50 -N and serial number CP912964 087W. Sold at Home Depot and bought new in early 2000’s. The product melted one of the internal parts from the inside out. I was able to catch it before there was a fire. I reached out to Consumer Product Safety Commission as well which confirmed there was a recall on this dangerous unit back in 2009. I was unaware of this until this concern transpired and I looked into the matter.
- Model
- Model Number HB-50-N
- Serial number
- CP912964 087W
- Bought from
- Home Depot
- Bought
- Feb 1, 2001
- Where
- Mount Clemens, Michigan: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 49, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Hampton Bay (Home Depot Brand), made or sold by The Home Depot
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Jul 7, 2018, sent to the company Jul 17, 2018, published by CPSC Jul 31, 2018
The product, in the report: Hampton Bay Dehumidifier Model HB50
Hampton Bay Model No HB50 was being used in basement and over heated causing electrical fire.
- Model
- HB50
- Serial number
- GL7577901979
- Where
- Unspecified: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Unspecified
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand Hampton Bay, made or sold by The Home Depot
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made May 31, 2017, sent to the company Oct 12, 2017, published by CPSC Oct 26, 2017
The product, in the report: 30 pint dehumidifier
05/30/2017 Consumer stated when her dehumidifier was full of water and it was automatically turned off for 24 hours before incident happen. Consumer stated she smelled a burning odor coming from her basement. She said when she entered her basement it was filled with black smoke. The dehumidifier was plugged into a surge protector. The dehumidifier and surge protector cords were melted together. She unplugged surge protector cord from electrical wall outlet and opened all of her windows to ventilate her basement.
- Model
- HB30
- Serial number
- FN784669-1631
- Bought from
- Home Depot, New York
- Bought
- Jun 1, 2000
- Where
- Bellport, New York: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Hampton Bay, made or sold by The Home Depot
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Aug 3, 2016, sent to the company Aug 30, 2016, published by CPSC Sep 14, 2016
The product, in the report: 40 Pint dehumidifier
This consumer is reporting his 40 pint dehumidifier that he purchased from a previous owner sometime around 2007-2008 time frame.
He had no problems with this dehumidifier until August 2nd, 2016 when he smelled an acrid plastic burning odor.
The only thing he had running was the dehumidifier so he turned it off, unplugged then plugged it back in and within one minutes he saw a flash in the back of the unit, then smoke and a worsened acrid odor then he saw and orange glow and assumed that it was flames which prompted him to unplug it again.
August 3rd, 2016 he removed the back panel and the metal cover he saw that what he believed may be a relay wiring was charred and burned.
The consumer is reporting this unit as a fire hazard and is asking for repair at manufacturer expense.
There are no injuries being reported.
He has not contacted the manufacturer but he does intend to contact them.
- Model
- HB40-H
- Serial number
- JL2946662739
- Bought from
- previous owner, Connecticut
- Bought
- Dec 20, 2007, about then
- Where
- Hamden, Connecticut: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Hampton Bay, made or sold by The Home Depot
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Jun 25, 2016, sent to the company Jul 5, 2016, published by CPSC Jul 19, 2016
The product, in the report: Dehumidifier
Awoke to smell of smoke at 4 AM. House filled with smoke due to electrical fire in dehumidifier in basement. To verify that we had correctly identified source of smoke, I removed screws on back cover of dehumidifier to look for ignition source and observed melted insulation on wiring and other electrical components.
Unit is a Hampton Bay HB-50 Rev. N Dehumifidier, purchased with a credit card at Home Depot in 2002. S/N is AP 758020 018W.
I checked online for incident reports on this brand, and found that a recall had been issued in 2009 because of other fires. It does not appear that Home Depot made any attempt to contact us, which is unacceptable; given that the unit was purchased with a credit card, and given the extensive data mining performed by companies, they should have been able to contact us, if they cared to. This appears negligent to me.
- Model
- HB-50
- Serial number
- AP 758020 018W
- Bought from
- Home Depot
- Bought
- Jul 27, 2002
- Where
- Carlisle, Massachusetts: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 62, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Hampton Bay, made or sold by The Home Depot
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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Not said Made Oct 16, 2013, sent to the company Nov 14, 2013, published by CPSC Nov 29, 2013
The product, in the report: Dehumidifier
The caller says that he noticed the unit had melted the prongs, scorched the ground and the bottom of the duplex. it did not trip the circuit breaker.
The consumer is a former fire marshall and feels that the dehumidifier caused the fire hazard. He says they never had a issue with it. The caller says it was plugged in for 2-3 days prior to the incident. The consumer says it never affected the top duplex, just the bottom.
- Model
- HB30
- Serial number
- CL8187240749
- Bought from
- Lowe’s
- Bought
- Oct 15, 2011
- Where
- Millerstown, Pennsylvania: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Unspecified
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand Hampton Bay, made or sold by The Home Depot
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Unspecified
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No one hurt Made Sep 18, 2013, sent to the company Sep 25, 2013, published by CPSC Oct 25, 2013
The product, in the report: dehumidifier
We have a Hampton Bay dehumidifier in our finished basement. September 15,2013 I awoke to a strange odor. When i opened the basement door I heard a strange popping noise. I woke my husband up and we attempted to investigate the basement but the light would not go on. We could see smoke filling the basement so we evacuated our home and called 911. Fire company searched our home top to bottom and finally found the problem. Our dehumidifier had a hole the size of an apple burnt in the front of the grill. The other grill pieces were melted. Around the controls there was scorching. The wiring pulled out with no effort. The entire cavity was black and burnt to a crisp. Fire company personnel removed the unit and took pictures to complete a report. They were unable to find this unit on the recall list but said they were documenting the incident. After removing the unit we found where the carpet was burnt in 5 different locations.
- Model
- hb50-n
- Serial number
- dp712269-115w
- Bought from
- home depot, Pennsylvania
- Bought
- Aug 27, 2003, about then
- Where
- hummelstown, Pennsylvania: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand hampton bay, made or sold by The Home Depot
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Sep 17, 2012, sent to the company Dec 13, 2012, published by CPSC Dec 31, 2012
The product, in the report: dehumidifier
The consumer says that she heard her smoke detector going off Saturday night. ;She says that smoke was coming out of the unit so it was unplugged from the wall. She saw flames on the inside of the unit.
They used a fire extinguisher to put the flames out. She says if they had not been home it would have caught there homes on fire.
The unit is part of the recall under Release # 10-082.
- Model
- 50
- Bought from
- Home Depot
- Where
- Unspecified: Unspecified
- Who was involved
- Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand Hampton Bay, made or sold by The Home Depot
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Sep 9, 2012, sent to the company Sep 17, 2012, published by CPSC Oct 1, 2012
The product, in the report: Hampton Bay Dehumidifier HB50-N
I have a Hampton Bay HB50 dehumidifier that I run in my basement in the summer with a hose to a sump pump. I never have it set on the highest setting. Last week a switch and wires caught fire and set off my smoke alarm at 1 am, filling the first floor and basement with smoke. When we got to the dehumidifer, the wires were burning, smoke was coming out the back, and the grill was starting to melt. I rushed the dehumidifier out the back, but the wires continued to burn, so I put it out with a fire extinguisher.
No injuries, but I had to run the fans all night to rid the house of smoke, and the basement still stinks of electical fire. We were out of town the weekend before, so if had happened then there is a chance the house would have burned down.
- Model
- HB50-N
- Serial number
- CP 908476 075W
- Bought from
- Home Depot
- Where
- Pepperell, Massachusetts: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 53, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Hampton Bay, made or sold by The Home Depot
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Aug 7, 2012, sent to the company Aug 17, 2012, published by CPSC Aug 31, 2012
The product, in the report: biege colored dehumidifier
We do not use our dehumidifier continuously, but we had plugged it in to run in the basement because we were having hot humid weather. Soon after we went out and returned about 3 hours later. We were sitting on the porch and heard our smoke alarm in the basement go off. The dehumidifier had caught on fire and the basement was filled with smoke. I called 911 and my husband managed to get to it, felt that it was not too hot on top to touch, unplugged it and dragged it out through the garage into the driveway where the smoke continued to pour out of it. It had caught fire inside where the cord comes out from. The heat had melted a hole through it and there was a black patch on the floor where it had been standing. When the fire chief arrived, he checked the outlet in the wall where it had been plugged in and found no problem.
Thankfully we were home when it happened and we were able to avert disaster - our home could have burnt down.
- Model
- HB 50
- Serial number
- CP 912399 087W
- Bought from
- Home Depot, Waltham
- Bought
- Jul 1, 2006, about then
- Where
- Weston, Massachusetts: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 55, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Hampton Bay, made or sold by The Home Depot
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Jun 4, 2012, sent to the company Jun 11, 2012, published by CPSC Jun 25, 2012
The product, in the report: Dehumidifier
About 5 AM on the morning of 5/12/2012 our fire alarms went off. We traced the problem to a dehumidifier in the basement. A relay or electronic control in the dehumidifier was smoking. I unplugged the dehumidifier and pushed it outside. Immediately the relay or control caught fire (it probably got enough oxygen to ignite). The unit did not trip the ground fault plug it was plugged into or the 20 amp circuit breaker for that plug. The dehumidifier was a: Hampton Bay Model # HB40-T S/N CP 943072 064E
It was purchased approximately 10 yrs ago at a local Home Depot.
- Model
- HB40-T
- Serial number
- CP 940372 064E
- Bought from
- Home Depot, South Carolina
- Bought
- Jun 12, 2002, about then
- Where
- Fair Play, South Carolina: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 60, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Spouse
- As this report names them
- Brand Hampton Bay, made or sold by The Home Depot
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made May 16, 2012, sent to the company May 24, 2012, published by CPSC Jun 8, 2012
The product, in the report: Beige dehumidifier
Local fire department was dispatched to a residential dwelling for the report of a building fire. I responded as the on-duty fire investigator. A moderate smoke condition was found in the basement of the dwelling. The investigation revealed that an unknown malfunction in the dehumidifier resulted in heat damage to the unit and smoke in the dwelling.
- Model
- HB50-N
- Serial number
- DP 704192 106W
- Where
- Hatfield, Pennsylvania: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Unspecified
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand Hampton Bay, made or sold by The Home Depot
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Nov 2, 2011, sent to the company Nov 9, 2011, published by CPSC Nov 25, 2011
The product, in the report: Dehumidifier Hampton Bay
Hampton Bay dehumidifier ModelHB50L caught fire. I had to put it out with an extinguisher. Lucky I was home. Looks like the product was recalled for this.
- Model
- HB 50L
- Where
- Milford, Ohio: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Unspecified
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand Hampton Bay, made or sold by The Home Depot
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Jul 6, 2011, published by CPSC Aug 12, 2011
The product, in the report: dehumidifier
The consumer says in the last 2-3 months the dehumidifier stopped working efficiently and is only pulling out half of the amount of water as it used to. he opened up the casing and the compressor was severely hot posing a burn hazard. The consumer says that he went on the website for the retailer who recalled a similar model for the same issue. The consumer says he contacted the retailer who said they do not know anything about it. The consumer has the same brand but different model number as in Release # 10-082 . The consumer says the safety issue he is having is the same as in the recall.
- Model
- HB40 REV-N
- Serial number
- EN651131 1421
- Bought from
- Home Depot
- Bought
- Jul 15, 2005, about then
- Where
- Asheville, North Carolina: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand Hampton Bay, made or sold by The Home Depot
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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