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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

20160617-CD9C3-2147417744

Ownership age

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

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20160617-CD9C3-2147417744. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Supco Supco SCM150. Incident: The Supco SCM150 whole house surge protector that was protecting the AC unit we had installed 2 1/2 years ago when we got our new air conditioner, melted and caught on fire.. We were home at the time and I saw a lot of smoke, ran out side and this unit was on fire. I cut the electrical to the unit and put out the fire. THIS UNIT SHOULD BE RECALLED..........

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Official report number: 20160617-CD9C3-2147417744. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.