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Newport power strips and surge protectors

1 report to CPSC, the latest made Mar 26, 2018. A report isn’t a recall.

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From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 1report to CPSC
  • Mar 26, 2018the latest report was made
  • Mar 26, 2018the earliest
  • 1with the company’s comments
Brand
Newport
Maker
Philips Consumer LifestyleMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product
Power strips and surge protectorsCPSC’s product type: Surge Suppressors or Power Strips (code 4083), in Electronics: Cables, Surge & Power Protection

By month

1 report from April 2017 to March 2018; the most in March 2018, 1.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
March 20181

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.

Source:

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

  1. No one hurt

    Made Mar 26, 2018, sent to the company Jun 25, 2018, published by CPSC Jul 10, 2018

    The product, in the report: Newpoint 6 Outlet Surge Protector. Silver in color This defect came from a Newpoint Relocatable Power Tap, transient surge protector Model 201137 File #E87630 125VAC, 15A TVSS L-N, L-G, N-G

    I had the Newpoint 6 outlet surge protector plugged int a wall outlet protected by AFCI/GFI breaker on the electrical panel. Last night at 3AM my fiancee heard the beeping in the living room. It ended up coming from a Battery backup [REDACTED] for my TV, which happened to be on the same circuit as this Newpoint Surge Protector. Upon goinig to the living room, she saw a fire and smoke coming from the cabinet of our fish tank. There were only two items plugged into the Newpoint surge protector, 1 was a small water blower, the other a light. She came and got me and by the time I went out to the living room, the fire had spread and triggered the smoke alarm. This is a new house (2 yrs old) and if she didn’t hear the [REDACTED] battery backup beeping (because the circuit breaker tripped) this would have been a major fire/disaster. Luckily I grabbed the fire extinguisher and upon inspecting the source of the fire I found both appliances plugged into the Newpoint surge protector melted including one that had nearly melted the surge protector in half. I removed the surge protector from the wall outlet and recycled the circuit breaker. I believe that if the circuit breaker didn’t trip this would also have been much worse. The circuit breaker on the Newpoint surge protector did not trip

    The blower that was connected is a [REDACTED], 6 W motor, 120V. It has a CE rating on the sticker

    This caused over $1000 of damage.

    This defect came from a Newpoint Relocatable Power Tap, transient surge protector Model 201137 File #E87630 125VAC, 15A TVSS L-N, L-G, N-G

    I am taking a guess on the MFG Date was the circles in the photo are not described: 3/16/2005

    Model
    201137 / Newpoint 6 Outlet Surge Protector
    Where
    Wilmington, North Carolina: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 2, Male
    The reporter’s relation to them
    My Child
    As this report names them
    Brand Newport, made or sold by Philips Consumer Lifestyle
    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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