PSA: APC 7 and 8 series surge protector recall (units made before 03)

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  1. cwerdna

    cwerdna Senior Member

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    Recalled units look like the attached but have to be of the affected models and have the right serial number range.
    8-series-surge-strip.png 7-series-surge-strip.png
    More info below.

    CPSC - Schneider Electric Recalls APC Surge Protectors Due to Fire Hazard

    IMPORTANT SAFETY RECALL | APC by Schneider Electric

    Every one of these that I had in use was a recalled unit, which makes for 6 of them. I had another recalled one that stopped working awhile ago.

    Will be busy submitting a claim sometime soon.
     
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    Interesting that it took several days for this story to show up: Recall: Surge protectors could cause fire.

    I got a confirmation email on Wednesday listing the models of all my submissions and approvals for all of them.
     
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    I've received 3 replacements so far: a PRO8T2 and 2 PRO7T.

    At least they under-promised and over-delivered. When I got the confirmations after submitting my recall claims, they'd said Expected Ship Date: 13-Jan-2014.

    That still leaves 4 more replacements pending. Those are supposed to be a different model than the above.
     
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