Product
Mr. Coffee SK12
Category
Kitchen Appliance
Report number
20210825-6A501-2147360900
Ownership age
About 9 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)
Failure type
Fire / ignition
Incident narrative
SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20210825-6A501-2147360900. Severity: No Incident, No Injury. Product: Mr. Coffee SK12 (Mr. Coffee / Sunbeam Products Coffee Maker Model SK12 (120Vac 60 Hz 900W) White Plastic). Incident: Mr. Coffee / Sunbeam Products Coffee Maker Model SK12. Power switch failure. For approximately 30 days the on/off switch was intermittent as indicated with On/Off light in switch and failure of coffee to brew (heat water). The plastic switch finally froze in the off position. Upon disassembly, the area around the insertion of the lead for the black / ground wire on the back of the plastic switch displayed darkening and melting. Further disassembly was not conducted. Two photographs were taken and are attached. I feel qualified to conduct this inspection because I ran / owned an independent, high tech failure analysis laboratory for 30 years and have qualified to testify as an expert in court over 100 times. I have taught fire origin and cause courses for fire departments, private investigation associations, lawyer bar associations and insurance claims organizations.
Official report number: 20210825-6A501-2147360900. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.