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Walmart Great Value light bulbs

1 report to CPSC, the latest made Dec 15, 2021. A report isn’t a recall.

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From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 1report to CPSC
  • Dec 15, 2021the latest report was made
  • Dec 15, 2021the earliest
  • 0with the company’s comments
Brand
Walmart Great Value
Maker
Walmart Stores Inc.Makers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product
Light bulbsCPSC’s product type: Light Bulbs (code 627), in Furniture, Furnishings & Decorations: Indoor Lighting

By month

1 report from January 2021 to December 2021; the most in December 2021, 1.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
December 20211

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 Dec 15, 2021, sent to the company Dec 21, 2021, published by CPSC Jan 6, 2022

    The product, in the report: Walmart Great Value Product. Four foot led tube light to replace 4 foot fluorescent light. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-LED-17-Watts-32W-40W-Equivalent-T8-T12-Replacement-Lamp-G13-Base-Non-dimmable-Cool-White-48-inches-2-Pack/483056523 Model GVL4t812412

    LED replacement light tube installed to replace a fluorescent 4 foot tube. The led light burned up at one end four months after replacing a fluorescent tube light. It reached a temperature that melted the glass tube. The two prong electric contact end melted off the light tube. The internal components reached a temperature that evaporated them. This resulted in the hot light tube connecter end melting off the end of the tube. The [REDACTED] light fixture connected to the damaged light end melted, plastic and metal. The connector end along with melted glass and metal rained down on the light diffuser under the light. Only the diffuser and the fixture itself prevented a fire. The product has no warning on the light tube of any potential fire hazards. Another led light tube in a different fixture was found to have overheated at one end at the same time. My wife bought the tubes while I away and installed the lights. I can only reference the website since the fire for the installation instructions. The website does mention that lights must be installed in a fixture with a compatible ballast. There is an obscure ballast chart with no link to a legible ballast chart. There is on the website a testimonial of the product being used successfully with a non-compatible ballast. The website has no mention of a fire hazard with a non-compatible ballast, just the testimonial that non-compatible ballasts will allow the light to work. I would have expected a warning on the website and the package of a fire hazard. A warning large enough that someone not familiar with ballasts would recognize that there is a fire hazard. I will attach a print of the webpage.

    Model
    GVL4t812412
    Bought from
    Walmart/ Grants Pass
    Bought
    Sep 1, 2021, about then
    Where
    Grants Pass, Oregon: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 69, Unknown
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Self
    As this report names them
    Brand Walmart Great Value, made or sold by Walmart Stores Inc.
    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.

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