Westinghouse heaters or heating systems
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Dec 5, 2020. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Dec 5, 2020the latest report was made
- Dec 5, 2020the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Westinghouse
- Maker
- Equity BrandsMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Heaters or heating systemsCPSC’s product type: Heaters or Heating Systems, Other or Not Specified (code 393), in Home Maintenance and Structures: Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| December 2020 | 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 Dec 5, 2020, sent to the company Jan 12, 2021, published by CPSC Jan 28, 2021
The product, in the report: Westinghouse ceramic heater, model WHT0571 or WHTO571, black
My furnace went out. My boyfriend and I used two Westinghouse ceramic heaters, model WHT0571, to heat my house until the furnace could be repaired. When one of the Westinghouse heaters stopped working, I gently tapped it on the floor and it started again. The second time it stopped, tapping it didn’t work to restart it. It smelled like burnt plastic and never worked again. The second heater worked well, until it, too, stopped yesterday. I tapped it on the floor, as I had done with the first heater. It started up again. A few hours later I noticed a strong smell of burning plastic. I didn’t want to pick up the heater because that would shut it off. Once shut off, it might never start up again. So I pushed it across the floor a few inches. I saw a burn mark on my bathroom floor. The size of the burn mark was between a nickel and a quarter. I needed this heater to continue working to prevent my water pipes from freezing during the below-freezing temperatures we were experiencing here at night in Minnesota. So, rather than shutting off the heater, I decided to frequently push it a few inches across my bathroom floor to prevent any one area from being burnt. I already knew my entire bathroom floor needed replacing because of the initial burn mark, and I didn’t want my pipes to freeze, too. Sometime before noon this morning, I smelled a horrible burnt plastic smell that permeated my entire house. I pushed the heater a couple inches and found the worst burn mark of all. If I hadn’t been home I believe the heater would have started a fire.
- Model
- WHT0571 or WHTO571
- UPC
- None listed
- Serial number
- None listed on product
- Bought from
- Menards
- Bought
- Nov 1, 2019, about then
- Where
- Minneapolis, Minnesota: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 64, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Westinghouse, made or sold by Equity Brands
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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Sources
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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.
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