Electrical Testers

CPSC product category · 12 recalls · 0.1% of the register · about 522,650 units

12 CPSC recalls on this register (0.1% of 10,027) are filed under Electrical Testers, most in 2002 (2). Together they cover about 522,650 units; the median recall lists 52,000.

The hazards mentioned most often are electric shock and burn.

Hazards cited

Electric shock11

Burn7

Firms named most often

Firm	Recalls
Fluke	6
Woods Industries	1

Recalls by year

CPSC recalls in Electrical Testers by year announced.

Median units per recall: 52,000 (all recalls: 8,800).

Most recent recalls

Date	Recall	Firm	Hazard	Units	No.
11 Mar 2010	Noncontact Electrical Tester Recalled by Fluke Due to Shock or Burn Hazard	Fluke	Burn, Electric shock	33,000	10164
15 May 2009	Digital Clamp Meters Recalled by Fluke Due to Shock Hazard	Fluke	Burn, Electric shock	52,000	09222
15 Mar 2007	Amprobe Recalls Clamp Meters Due to Shock Hazard	Amprobe Test Tools	Burn, Electric shock	70,000	07130
3 May 2004	CPSC, Fluke Corp. Announce Recall of Electrical Testing Components	Fluke	Electric shock	110,000	04131
31 Jul 2003	CPSC, Ideal Industries Inc. Announce Recall of Voltage Testers	Ideal Industries	Burn	122,000	03167
19 Aug 2002	CPSC, Fluke Corp. Announce Recall of Digital Multimeters	Fluke	Burn, Electric shock	40,000	02231
1 Aug 2002	CPSC, Greenlee Textron Inc. Announce Recall of Electrical Testing Meters	Greenlee Textron, Inc. (Greenlee)	Electric shock	650	02218
19 Jun 2001	CPSC, Fluke Corp. Announce Recall of Electrical Testers	Fluke	Burn, Electric shock	33,000	01515
13 Nov 2000	CPSC, Kole Imports Announce Recall of Circuit Testers	Kole Imports	Electric shock	4,000	01029
9 Nov 1999	CPSC, Fluke Corp. Announce Second Recall of Electrical Testers	Fluke	Burn, Electric shock	58,000	00014
3 Feb 1999	Voltage Testers Recalled by Woods Industries	Woods Industries	Electric shock	—	99087
2 Feb 1981	Kits For Electrical Test Meters Recalled by Radio Shack	Tandy	Electric shock	—	81007

Questions and answers

How many CPSC recalls are there for Electrical Testers?

12 on this register (0.1% of 10,027), covering about 522,650 units; the median recall lists 52,000 units.

What hazards are cited for Electrical Testers?

electric shock (11), burn (7).

Where does the category come from?

It is the product type CPSC assigns to the first product in each recall record. Records without a product type (mostly before 2010) are not in any category.

Provenance

Source: US Consumer Product Safety Commission Recall Retrieval Web Services, public domain, retrieved 29 Sep 2026; latest record dated 24 Sep 2026. See the methodology.