Kidde Fire Extinguisher Recall

PaulProe

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Manchester
First Name
Paul
Last Name
Proefrock
Kidde is undergoing a major recall of the small extinguishers they produced in the last 40+ years. They made a mistake and shipped me two extra units. If you have one within the parameters, I can change it out for you. Immediate gratification. ;) Send me a note and bring the old one by and I'll exchange it for you. First come, first served. and need to be fast, I need to return the old ones.

Details on the recall:
Kidde produces over half of the small extinguishers in the home market - and has had a major foopah. Recalling ALL units built between 1973 and 2017 - 37.8 million units.

so, how does this affect me? If you a unit within the parameters, it's a free exchange. and generally, if the unit is over 5 years old, it probably won't work anyway. Good deal

Paul

ps: I've learned that after a few years, the compound settles in the bottom of the bottle and the extinguisher doesn't work. Tried a couple and one of them didn't do like it should. Just a warning. Look at the expiration date on the unit. It might not do what you expect it to and you won't learn it till the most inopportune moment. Be warned!
 
No cut off that I am aware of, but I'd file as soon as you can.

Read the recall notice, you're going to need model number and serial number on each unit. Takes about 3 weeks for the new ones to appear. They come via FedEx Ground. They include a willcall tag to ship each of the units back.
 
Look at both I have...my are NOT on recall list...good news...I did see this once before and remember checking then...I am OK.
 
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