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Product

Char-Broil 17602048

Category

Kitchen Appliance

Report number

20170804-4E7FF-2147398386

Ownership age

About 5 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20170804-4E7FF-2147398386. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: Char-Broil 17602048 (An Electric BBQ. Char-Broil TRU InfraRed Patio Bistro 240). Incident: This is an electric BBQ powered by an electric 110 volt wall outlet. The on/Off switch is not in any way prevented from turning on by the usual Push In (indent) method used for example in an electric range. The knob moves freely from its off position to any one of 5 power numbers simply by turning the knob. The plastic weather cover which is made by Char-Broil for this unit upon placing it over the BBQ invariably will turn the unit on. A red light behind the knob indicating that the unit is on is thus concealed. The BBQ will ignite the cover and thus create a fire. We have the unit placed on a porch on the second floor of a condominium. If we had not noticed this problem and thus avoided it by always unplugging the unit after use I'm confident we would have experienced a serious fire.

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