Nine Inch Fans Warned by GE
CPSC recall 83061. Recall date: . Last publish date of the CPSC notice: .
Hazard, in the words of CPSC
Fire & Fire-Related Burn
CPSC recall 83061 has the recall date 30 Nov 1983. The notice names the firm General Electric. The CPSC record gives no number of units. This register puts the recall under 2 hazards. The first is Fire. CPSC gives the product type Fans.
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| Description | Nine Inch Fans Warned by GE NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 30, 1983 Release # 83-061 General Electric Company Warns Of Nine Inch Fan Fire Hazard Washington, D.C.--In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the General Electric Company (GE) warns consumers that its 1983 nine inch portable 2-speed oscillating fan, model F-l-OF-9A, presents a fire hazard. In the initial CPSC/GE news release of July 28, 1983, GE announced a recall program, indicating that fan overheating could result from a defective speed control switch, and warned that some fans could present a potential fire hazard. CPSC and the General Electric Company have reassessed the problem and have determined that this fan can ignite in flames and is a severe fire hazard. GE has received 17 additional reports of overheated fans or fan fires since the July 28, 1983, news release. A total of 35 incidents have been reported by GE. Though no injuries have resulted, GE and CPSC are concerned that a number of these fire incidents have occurred while fans were operating at night when consumers… |
| Product | General Electric (GE) nine inch portable 2 speed oscillating fan, Fans |
| Manufacturer | General Electric |
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The recall in context
- Units in this recall
- not givenMedian of 1983: not given
- CPSC recalls of 1983
- 23
- Recalls of 1983 with one of the same hazards
- 39%
- Recalls of 1983 in the category Fans
- 9%
- Recalls on the register that name General Electric
- 9
Other recalls of the firm
| Date | Recall |
|---|---|
| 20 May 1999 | Undercabinet Fluorescent Lights Recalled by GE Home Electric Products |
| 3 Feb 1999 | GE Spacemaker Radio Cassette Players Recalled by Thomson Consumer Electronics |
| 15 Apr 1998 | Outlet Converters Recalled by General Electric |
| 21 Jun 1994 | Under-The-Cabinet Coffeemakers Recalled by Black & Decker & GE |
| 21 Mar 1991 | General Electric Voluntarily Recalls Certain Drip Coffeemakers That May Pose A Fire Hazard |
| 21 Mar 1988 | Surge Suppressors Recalled by GE |
| 28 Jul 1983 | Nine Inch Fans Recalled by GE |
| 26 Aug 1982 | Drip Coffeemakers Recalled by GE |
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Recall Register. CPSC recall 83061. https://recallregister.com/product/4343-nine-inch-fans-warned-by-ge/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through .
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- 30 Sep 2026
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- 24 Sep 2026
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Questions
- Does CPSC recall 83061 report injuries?
- The CPSC record of recall 83061 has no incident or injury text.
- How many CPSC recalls name General Electric?
- 9 CPSC recalls on this register name General Electric. This recall is 1 of them.