COOLMAX electric wiring
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Oct 6, 2011. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Oct 6, 2011the latest report was made
- Oct 6, 2011the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- COOLMAX
- Maker
- COOLMAXMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Electric wiringNot panel boards or outletsCPSC’s product type: Electric Wire or Wiring Systems (Excl Panelboards Recept (code 4062), in Home Maintenance and Structures: Electrical Systems
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| October 2011 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- 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.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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Not said Made Oct 6, 2011, sent to the company Oct 17, 2011, published by CPSC Oct 31, 2011
The product, in the report: 850 WATT, Modular, Active PFC Power Supply
I arrived home earlier than expected and smelled something electronic burning. It smelled like a burning resistor and the source became apparent when my computer’s power supply started emitting smoke. The computer was timer recording a TV show as a DVR and was still running normally with no sign of shutting down. I turned it off and found that the power supply’s case was hot enough to fry an egg. The power supply is a COOLMAX Model CUL-850B, Serial Number MQ0809192891. The burning supply was 850 Watts and I replaced it with a cheap 500 Watt supply. The computer and supply now run cool as a cucumber. The display on my UPS indicated that the system on the bad supply was drawing, on average, 200watts more than with the cheap 500 Watt supply. For the 1 & 1/2 years I was using the CoolMax supply it always seemed to be running hotter than I would have desired. Now my electric bill is even lower. It seems that I had been paying to have that crummy, inefficient, dangerous supply heat my Apt. If I had come home a little latter, it is likely my Apt. would have been in flames. I sent in the CoolMax supply on 10/06/2011to: CoolMax Support, 400 Wineville Ave., Ontario, California 91761, RMA # R0911101. I don’t know if the supply has a design flaw or if it was just a fluke.
- Model
- CUL-850B
- Serial number
- MQ0809192891
- Bought from
- NEWEGG (Item #: N82E16817159112), California
- Bought
- Mar 25, 2010
- Where
- BRONX, New York: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Unspecified
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand COOLMAX, made or sold by COOLMAX
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Unspecified
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
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