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Kenwood portable electric heaters

3 reports to CPSC, the latest made Oct 29, 2020. A report isn’t a recall.

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At a glance

From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 3reports to CPSC
  • Oct 29, 2020the latest report was made
  • Nov 1, 2012the earliest
  • 3with the company’s comments
Brand
Kenwood
Maker
DELONGHI AMERICA INCMakers, 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

1 report from November 2019 to October 2020; the most in October 2020, 1. 2 earlier reports, since November 2012, are in the table.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
October 20201
October 20141
November 20121

How badly anyone was hurt

  • Emergency room 1 CPSC: Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received
  • 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.

Source:

CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.

  1. No one hurt

    Made Oct 29, 2020, sent to the company Nov 6, 2020, published by CPSC Nov 23, 2020

    The product, in the report: Kenwood oil filled heater

    Kenwood model EW6708K type KR670815EP oil filled heater control panel had a meltdown in about a 1” square area. Plastic dripped off the face. The unit was in an unoccupied storage room that was heated to prevent pipes from freezing.

    Model
    EW6708K
    Serial number
    KR670815EP or 62314JN?
    Where
    Wooldridge, Missouri: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Unknown
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Unspecified
    As this report names them
    Brand kenwood, made or sold by DELONGHI AMERICA INC
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Incident, No Injury
  2. Emergency room

    Made Oct 17, 2014, sent to the company Oct 27, 2014, published by CPSC Nov 10, 2014

    The product, in the report: oil filled radiator heater

    Kenwood Oil filled radiator heater model numberEW7507EK type#ME75071EP 120v 60hz 1500w serial #72615 Jh

    It gets unbelieveably hot to the touch burned a spot on my curtain,and tipped over unexpectedly causing me to wind up in the emergency room, falling on my foot. Now I have an ER bill!

    It is unbalanced!!! It is VERY wobbily!!!!

    Model
    ew7507ek
    Serial number
    72615 jh
    Where
    Allentown, Pennsylvania: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 45, Female
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Self
    As this report names them
    Brand Kenwood, made or sold by DELONGHI AMERICA INC
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received
  3. No one hurt

    Made Nov 1, 2012, sent to the company Nov 16, 2012, published by CPSC Dec 3, 2012

    The product, in the report: see above (Oil-filled space heater)

    Kenwood model ew7507ebk type:kr750715ep ser#03618 jn oil filled space heater overheated and softly exploded spewing hot oil onto carpet and nearby bed. Melted carpet and sent smoke and fumes into house. luckily no one was standing close or they would have been badly burned.

    Model
    ew7507ebk
    Serial number
    03618 jn
    Bought from
    home depot, Ohio
    Bought
    Nov 15, 2011, about then
    Where
    ashland, Ohio: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Unknown
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Unspecified
    As this report names them
    Brand Kenwood, made or sold by DELONGHI AMERICA INC
    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.

Source:

Word for word, from the disclaimer in CPSC’s export.

Sources

Sources
  • 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.

Source:

Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.

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