Craftsman electrical testing equipment
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Aug 18, 2011. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
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- 1report to CPSC
- Aug 18, 2011the latest report was made
- Aug 18, 2011the earliest
- 1with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Craftsman
- Maker
- Sears Holdings Management CorporationMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Electrical testing equipmentCPSC’s product type: Electrical Testing Equipment (code 815), in Home Maintenance and Structures: Tools & Hardware
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| August 2011 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- Hospital admission 1 CPSC: Injury, Hospital Admission
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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Hospital admission Made Aug 18, 2011, published by CPSC Sep 9, 2011
The product, in the report: Autoranging Multimeter
The defective product is a “Craftsman” Autoranging Multimeter Model 82175 S/N 07030045011 made for Sears by Extech. A similar meter failed causing severe burns to its user (S/N 20061293403).
I am a registered professional engineer who is required to report public hazards. I am currently investigating the above incident in my capacity as a forensic electrical engineer.
It is well known that users often apply these meters at the wrong settings and they are designed to protect the user with internal fuses and other techniques. The exemplar, purchased more than a year after the incident meter, contains a soldering defect that shorts out the protective fuse, eliminating its protection. This type of soldering defect would readily explain why the plaintiff’s meter caused an arc flash and he received burns. The meter’s circuit board is partially “wave soldered” and partially manually soldered. The exemplar meter that i have shows that the manual connections were made by someone not fully trained in soldering, and it is likely that he was instructed to make the connection in the way that shorts out the fuse. Although the meters contain a sticker that claims “QUALITY CONTROL - PASSED,” this safety related short would not show up in any operational test other than a destructive test.
These meters need to be sample tested to determine if the manufacturing defect is widespread. I have photographs and diagrams that illustrate the defect.
- Model
- 82175
- Serial number
- 07030045011
- Where
- Julian, California: Unspecified
- Who was involved
- Age 50, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand Craftsman, made or sold by Sears Holdings Management Corporation
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, Hospital Admission
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