Black & Decker portable electric heaters
2 reports to CPSC, the latest made Oct 30, 2023. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 2reports to CPSC
- Oct 30, 2023the latest report was made
- Oct 30, 2021the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Black & Decker
- Makers
- Equity Brands and W Appliance Co LLCMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Portable electric heatersCPSC’s product type: Portable Electric Heaters (code 348), in Home Maintenance and Structures: Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| October 2023 | 1 |
| October 2021 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- No one hurt 2 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 Oct 30, 2023, sent to the company Nov 20, 2023, published by CPSC Dec 5, 2023
The product, in the report: BLACK+DECKER 1500W Portable Indoor Personal Desktop Space Heater, White Start to smoke and carbon carbon monoxide detector kept going off
Black & Decker small room space heater BLACK+DECKER 1500W Portable Indoor Personal Desktop Space Heater, White Start to smoke and carbon carbon monoxide detector kept going off
- Model
- BHD101W
- Bought from
- Walmart online
- Bought
- Apr 27, 2023, about then
- Where
- Unspecified: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Unknown
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand Black & Decker, made or sold by Equity Brands
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Oct 30, 2021, sent to the company Nov 17, 2021, published by CPSC Dec 2, 2021
The product, in the report: Black & Decker 22 inch ceramic heater. Black. Use horizontally or vertically. BNVHC15
Black & Decker space heater model BHVHC15 may cause a fire due to confusing product electronic display that may lead consumers into thinking the product is OFF when in fact it is in STANDBY, able to come on by itself after a user goes to bed, leaves home or otherwise leaves the product unattended. The display does NOT work as indicted in the user manual. The product also appears to occasionally draw more electrical current than indicated on the appliance and in the manual (exceeding 1600 watts)The company s customer service phone representative seemed uninterested in hearing my concern. . The company, W Appliance, Inc. in New York City, has not returned my phone message in which I said I wanted to alert to a potential safety issue with the product. I purchased two of these, both of which have this problem.
ADDITIONAL INFO: The issue is the unit’s electronic display shows a single red “plug” icon when the appliance is OFF but connected to a live outlet. It also shows the same icon when the built-in thermostat places the unit in STANDBY because the room temperature has reached the set level. As a result, a user could mistake that red light icon to mean that the appliance is OFF, when in fact it is in STANDBY, able to come on at any time by itself when the room cools down. If the user goes to bed, leaves the room or otherwise leaves the appliance unattended believing the appliance is OFF when it actually is in STANDBY, this could create a fire hard, especially if the unit is set at 1500 watts and is aimed at a couch, bed or other combustible item. The user manual says: “To shut unit off at any time, press the POWER Button until all indicator lights go OFF. (see attached scan) “ But all the indicator light do NOT go OFF. Instead, that one light stays on if the appliance is OFF and connected to live power. (Consumers have an incentive to leave the product plugged because it has a memory function that retains the thermostat and heat setting unless the product is unplugged.)
- Model
- BHVHC15
- UPC
- 1981301629
- Serial number
- 212801743 AND 212800131
- Bought from
- Target
- Bought
- Oct 24, 2021
- Where
- Bedford Hills, New York: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Unknown
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand Black & Decker, made or sold by W Appliance Co LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
CPSC’s disclaimer
Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.