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Loud Speaker Components Recalled by Electro-Voice

CPSC recall 88047. Recall date: . Last publish date of the CPSC notice: .

Hazard, in the words of CPSC

Fire & Fire-Related Burn

CPSC recall 88047 has the recall date 11 Jul 1988. The notice names the firm Electro-Voice. 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 Speakers.

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CPSC recall 88047: incidents, units, products and firms
UnitsThe CPSC record gives no number
Description
Loud Speaker Components Recalled by Electro-Voice NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 11, 1988 Release #88-047 Loud Speaker Components Recalled WASHINGTON, D.C.- In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Electro-Voice, Inc. has recalled EVX professional sound reinforcement loudspeakers built and shipped between July 31, 1987 and February 8, 1988. The loudspeaker components, model numbers EVX-150, EVX-156, EVX-180, EVX-184, EVX-1500 and EVX-1800 contain uninsulated lead wires and overly - long terminal lugs which may, during maximum excursion, ignite the carbon fiber/paper composite speaker cone. Approximately 65 speakers remain unaccounted for (as of June 28, 1988), sold mainly in New York City and northern California; the majority of these are said to have been sold to customers who took them out of the United States. Consumers should immediately return EVX loudspeakers purchased before March 1, 1988 to their place of purchase. Those customers who return loudspeaker model numbers EVX-150, EVX-156, and EVX-180 will receive in exchange a newly…
ProductEVX professional sound reinforcement loudspeakers, Speakers
ManufacturerElectro-Voice

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The recall in context

Units in this recall
not givenMedian of 1988: not given
CPSC recalls of 1988
75
Recalls of 1988 with one of the same hazards
11%
Recalls of 1988 in the category Speakers
1%
Recalls on the register that name Electro-Voice
1

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Recall Register. CPSC recall 88047. https://recallregister.com/product/4753-loud-speaker-components-recalled-by-electro-voice/. 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

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Questions

Does CPSC recall 88047 report injuries?
The CPSC record of recall 88047 has no incident or injury text.