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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

Supco Supco SCM150

Category

Home & Garden

Report number

20160122-CF907-2147424442

Ownership age

Not stated

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20160122-CF907-2147424442. Severity: Unspecified. Matched catalog product: Supco Supco SCM150. Source model text: SCM 150. Incident: I believe this commonly installed surge protector is inherently unsafe. It is commonly used to protect HVAC equipment in a power surge situation, however it appears to be prone to starting fires as it does this. Other devices on the market do not have the same design flaw. Our surge protector was tripped earlier this month and resulted in a fire to the exterior of our home. Fortunately our house is brick and so the damage was contained to some charring on the exterior of the house.

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Official report number: 20160122-CF907-2147424442. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.