Honeywell boilers
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Sep 13, 2011. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Sep 13, 2011the latest report was made
- Sep 13, 2011the earliest
- 1with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Honeywell
- Maker
- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERSMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- BoilersCPSC’s product type: Boilers (code 308), in Home Maintenance and Structures: Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| September 2011 | 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 13, 2011, sent to the company Sep 21, 2011, published by CPSC Oct 5, 2011
The product, in the report: Honeywell R8182D 1079 Combination Protectorelay Primary Control and Aquastat Controller
I own a single family residence with an oil fired hydronic heating system. In December 2008 my heating oil dealer (Fred Fuller Oil and Propane Company [Fred Fuller] of Hudson, NH) installed a new controller for my boiler. The controller was a Honeywell R8182D 1079 Combination Protectorelay Primary Control and Aquastat Controller. The previous controller, which was the same product and of unknown age, had failed.
The new controller worked without incident until September 8, 2011. On that day I noticed an acrid smell near the boiler; and on further inspection, I saw smoke coming from the enclosure around the controller. On opening the enclosure I saw a hole burning through the controller’s circuit board. It was about the size of a dime and growing. Behind the hole there was a red spark or small flame. I immediately shut off the electric power to the controller, which stopped the burning.
I called Fred Fuller to ask what had happened, explaining that I’d never modified or tampered with -- or really even touched -- the controller. Their head of service said the controller was probably faulty; he’d seen similar failures in the past. I then contacted Honeywell (via a form on Honeywell’s customer support website) to ask the same question. I have not yet received a response to my inquiry.
I’m filing this report because if I hadn’t caught the burning when I did, a serious fire could have resulted. The controller was quite close to the oil supply line for the boiler; and wires (with flammable plastic insulation) led from the controller to junctions and conduits in the wood framing of my house. If, as Fred Fuller’s head of service implied, the Honeywell R8182D 1079 regularly fails by catching fire, it should be taken off the market.
- Model
- R8182D 1079
- Bought from
- Fred Fuller Oil and Propane Company, New Hampshire
- Bought
- Dec 5, 2008
- Where
- Pepperell, Massachusetts: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Unspecified
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Honeywell, made or sold by HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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