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Official U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission consumer incident report from the SaferProducts.gov public database. Use the verification links below to confirm the record on SaferProducts.gov or via the public database export.

Product

Haier HW80-B14636N (prior Haier unit)

Category

Washing Machine

Report number

20130926-EC10C-2147451484

Ownership age

About 25 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Overheating

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20130926-EC10C-2147451484. Matched catalog product: Haier HW80-B14636N (prior Haier unit). Source model text: HVTS18DBVS. Incident: The product is a residential wine cellar. It was being used to store wine in my home. The product received it's power through a surge protector. I smelled smoke from within my home and located the source to be the wine cellar. The unit was immediately unplugged. Upon inspection I had noticed that electronic components near the AC input were scorched and plastic near the source was beginning to melt.

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Official report number: 20130926-EC10C-2147451484. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.