CPSC Warns Of Explosion Hazard with Fireplace-Powered Water Heaters
CPSC recall 82049. Recall date: . Last publish date of the CPSC notice: .
CPSC recall 82049 has the recall date 18 Nov 1982. The notice names the firm Shark Manufacturing. The CPSC record gives no number of units. This register puts the recall under the hazard Explosion. CPSC gives the product type Fireplace Water Heaters.
Federal law prohibits any person from selling products subject to a Commission ordered recall or a voluntary recall undertaken in consultation with the CPSC.
CPSC publishes these words. Source: CPSC recall notices, section About the U.S. CPSC, read on . The hazard, the remedy and the incident text on this site are the words of the CPSC recall notice. Newest CPSC recall on the register: .
More of the notice
The hazard and the remedy are at the top of the page. Each quotation is the text of CPSC.
| Units | The CPSC record gives no number |
|---|---|
| Description | November 18, 1982Release #82-049 CPSC Warns Of Explosion Hazard with Fireplace-Powered Water Heaters Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission today warned consumers of an explosion hazard with certain fireplace-powered water heaters used to supplement home heating systems. Units involved were sold under the brand names "Hydrohearth," "Hydroplace," and "Aqua Grate." Manufacturers of these units - Ridgeway Steel Fabricators, Inc. of Ridgeway, Pennsylvania and Shark Manufacturing Corporation of Greenlawn, New York are no linger in business. These devices are made of tubular steel or steel plate and resemble a fireplace grate or liner. Plumbing connects the unit to the hot-water heating system of the home. When these is a fire in the fireplace, furnace heat is either supplemented or replaced entirely by heat generated through the fireplace. Slowing or stopping the flow of water through the unit (resulting from circulator pump failure, electrical power failure, or frozen pipes) may result in water in the unit boiling into steam. If the unit does not have an adequate pressure relief device, properly installed, the build-up of pressure can cause an explosion. CPSC… |
| Product | Aqua Grate fireplace-powered water heaters, Fireplace Water Heaters |
| Product | Hydrohearth fireplace-powered water heaters |
| Product | Hydroplace fireplace-powered water heaters |
| Product | Shark Manufacturing Corporation fireplace-powered water heaters |
| Manufacturer | Shark Manufacturing Corporation; Hydrohearth; Hydroplace |
Recall notice: The page that CPSC publishes for one recall of a consumer product. It states the product, the hazard, the remedy and the incidents.
Hazard: The way a product can cause harm, in the words of the CPSC recall notice. This site also puts each recall under short hazard names.
Remedy: What the manufacturer or the firm does about a recalled product. The agency record states the remedy of each recall.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
- Hazard: Explosion
- Category: Fireplace Water Heaters
- CPSC recalls of 1982
The recall in context
- Units in this recall
- not givenMedian of 1982: not given
- CPSC recalls of 1982
- 23
- Recalls of 1982 with one of the same hazards
- 9%
- Recalls of 1982 in the category Fireplace Water Heaters
- 4%
- Recalls on the register that name Shark Manufacturing
- 1
Official channels
- CPSC recall notice 82049The notice on the CPSC site, with the pictures and the contact of the firm.
- CPSC recallsThe list of all recall notices on the CPSC site.
- SaferProducts.govThe CPSC site for a report about a consumer product.
Follow by RSS:Consumer product recalls
Cite this page
Recall Register. CPSC recall 82049. https://recallregister.com/product/4236-cpsc-warns-of-explosion-hazard-with-fireplace-powered-water-heaters/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- US Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Data retrieved
- 30 Sep 2026
- Newest CPSC recall on the register
- 24 Sep 2026
The CPSC notice is the authority. The hazard names come from the hazard text of CPSC. The category is the product type that CPSC gives. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Does CPSC recall 82049 report injuries?
- The CPSC record of recall 82049 has no incident or injury text.