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Product

Sunbeam SQH310

Category

Home & Garden

Report number

20111019-487CD-2147474187

Ownership age

About 22 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20111019-487CD-2147474187. Matched catalog product: Sunbeam SQH310. Incident: Sunbeam Quartz Heater Model SQH310 Purchased 1 year ago at WalMart in Cleveland Ohio. Heater smelled burnt , kicked circuit breaker off and quit working. I opened the back and found 2 burned wires that had melted and burned in half. The cord was fine the internal wires were smaller gauge than the heater cord. Could have started a fire but I had it hooked up to a ground fault circuit that tripped.

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Official report number: 20111019-487CD-2147474187. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.