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Witura power strips and surge protectors

1 report to CPSC, the latest made Feb 9, 2014. A report isn’t a recall.

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From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 1report to CPSC
  • Feb 9, 2014the latest report was made
  • Feb 9, 2014the earliest
  • 0with the company’s comments
Brand
Witura
Maker
Witura Technology Sdn BhdMakers, 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 March 2013 to February 2014; the most in February 2014, 1.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
February 20141

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 Feb 9, 2014, sent to the company Feb 19, 2014, published by CPSC Mar 6, 2014

    The product, in the report: The device is a remotely controllable electric power switch. The device contains an embedded cell phone, a power switching relay, and an accessory outlet. The user can switch the accessory outlet on or off by calling the embedded cell phone or by sending the embedded cell phone an SMS text message. In this way the user can remotely control the power applied to some external load, such as an appliance or a lamp.

    I unpacked the unit from the shipping carton. I removed the unit’s front cover and installed a GSM SIM card, all in accordance with the retailer’s instructions. While I was installing the SIM card I observed that there was a loose wire inside the unit. In investigating where the loose wire should have been connected, I studied the power connections for the switched accessory outlet. In my study I discovered that the switched accessory outlet was wired with correct polarity -- that is, AC hot, neutral, and ground were routed to the correct pins of the accessory outlet -- but that the device was switching the accessory outlet on and off by interrupting AC neutral instead of by interrupting AC hot. I validated my observation with a VOM and also with a USA three-prong outlet tester.

    I believe this to be a dangerous situation. The external load will spontaneously begin operating if it finds a ground. If a person believes the switch is off and therefore also believes the external load is not energized, he might touch the external load in a way that would cause him to receive a 120 VAC shock. The latter could cause him injury or death.

    I informed both the manufacturer and the retailer of my finding.

    You can read a lot more about what I discovered by reading the web article I wrote on the subject. Visit http://home.roadrunner.com/~[REDACTED]/witura-error.html to read my article.

    Model
    Witura WT-9005 Cell Phone Remote Control Power Switch
    UPC
    n/a
    Serial number
    n/a
    Bought from
    Reiff Preheat Systems
    Bought
    Jan 6, 2014, about then
    Where
    Apalachin, New York: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Unknown
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Unspecified
    As this report names them
    Brand Witura, made or sold by Witura Technology Sdn Bhd
    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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