MultiPower generators
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Sep 2, 2013. A report isn’t a recall.
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From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Sep 2, 2013the latest report was made
- Sep 2, 2013the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- MultiPower
- Maker
- Tiger Power / Multi-Power, IncMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- GeneratorsIncluding power plantsCPSC’s product type: Generators or Power Plants (code 606), in Home Maintenance and Structures: Electrical Systems
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| September 2013 | 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 Sep 2, 2013, sent to the company Sep 10, 2013, published by CPSC Sep 24, 2013
The product, in the report: Portable Electric Generator
* This is a duplicate of the report I sent by email. The email has pictures*
This is regarding an extremely hazardous defect in a portable generator: a MP5500DF 6000 Dual Fuel Generator by MuitiPower Inc (www.multipowerinc.com) and sold by Home Depot (www.homedepot.com)
The Dual Fuel generator operates on either gasoline or LP (Liquid Propane).
The generator is HY188FD*F8002127*, manufactured 2010-10-19.
Although I bought it around February 2012 I have used it only for periodic testing for a total running time of about 5 hours.
The defect is that the hose (about 16” long) between the pressure regulator and the carburetor has developed cracks that cause the propane to leak. There are many cracks in the middle of the hose, and the end of the hose connected to the pressure regulator has cracked open completely.
The hose appears to be a standard gasoline hose. From what I have read, using gasoline hose for propane is a real No No. The use of a gasoline hose causes exactly the cracks that my hose has developed. (The ends of the hose are secured with standard worm-screw band clamps.)
When I started the generator around August 11 (on propane) it ran rough and then stopped. Around August 18 I checked the oil, the spark plug, and the air filter. They were all fine. That is when I noticed that the hose was cracked.
The fact that it ran rough (for a while) means that it was leaking propane.
This thing could have exploded and killed me.
When I called the MultiPower Inc phone number (1-877-968-3733) I got an intercept message saying, “I’m sorry, you have dialed a number that cannot be reached from your calling area.” I can call Japan from my phone. The message that that I cannot call MultiPower Inc (in Kansas) is BS.
On August 19 and August 21 I spent a total of over two hours on the phone with various associates of Home Depot, telling them about this severely hazardous safety defect. (The last one was [REDACTED] at the Home Depot Atlanta Headquarters.) No one was willing to do anything.
And they are still selling this generator on their Web site: http://www.homedepot.com/p/MultiPower-6-000-Watt-Mean-Green-Dual-Fuel-Electric-Start-Gas-LPG-Generator-MP5500DF/100662830#.UiTMCJzpx2E
Please do something about this ASAP. This generator can kill people.
Regards,
[REDACTED]
- Model
- MP5500DF
- Serial number
- HY188FD*F8002127*
- Bought from
- www.homedepot.com
- Bought
- Feb 23, 2012
- Where
- Reno, Nevada: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 63, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand MultiPower, made or sold by Tiger Power /
Multi-Power, Inc - How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
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