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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 23, 1999
Release # 00-020
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Sunbeam Recall Line: (800) 440-4668
CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: Ken Giles, (301) 504-7052
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CPSC, Sunbeam® Announce Recall of Glow-In-the-Dark Humidifiers
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC), Sunbeam Corp., of Boca Raton, Fla., is recalling about
560,000 Sunbeam®, Hankscraft® and SunMark® humidifiers with water tanks
that glow in the dark. These humidifiers can develop an electrical short,
presenting a fire hazard.
Sunbeam has received 87 complaints from consumers using these humidifiers,
including 42 reports of fire. Three consumers suffered smoke inhalation and
another suffered minor burns to her hands.
These humidifiers were sold under the brand names Sunbeam, Hankscraft and
SunMark. The Sunbeam brand has service numbers 644 through 646 written on the
back of the humidifier's motor housing. The Hankscraft brand has service numbers
1260 through 1262 and the SunMark brand has service number 1260. Hankscraft and
SunMark service numbers are written on the inside of the plastic housing of the
motor. All the recalled humidifiers have date codes stamped on the plugs
beginning with I001 through J226. The humidifiers are white with green, blue or
rust colored covers. Sunbeam, Hankscraft or SunMark is written on the plastic
cover. The Sunbeam humidifiers were sold with 1-gallon, 1.5-gallon and 2-gallon
tank capacity. The Hankscraft humidifiers were sold with 1.2-gallon, 1.7-gallon
and 2.5-gallon tank capacity. The SunMark humidifiers were sold with 1.2-gallon
tank capacity.
Discount department and drug stores sold these humidifiers nationwide from
March 1995 through December 1997 for $8 to $15.
Consumers should immediately stop using these humidifiers, and call
Sunbeam for instructions on returning the products for a free replacement. For
more information or to get instructions on returning the humidifiers, call
Sunbeam at (800) 440-4668 between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. ET Monday through Friday and
between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. ET on Saturday. Consumers also can access the
company's web site at www.sunbeam.com.
Only the humidifiers with the service numbers and date codes listed are
part of this recall. Also, if your humidifier has a sticker on the motor's
plastic housing showing a manufactured date of 1999 or later, it is not part of
the recall.
 Consumers can also view a video clip about this recall (Transcript). It is about 7 megabytes long and the download time depends upon the speed of your Internet connection.
 Date Code Stamped on Plug
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