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Tu-Wire® Dimming Ballasts

On August 16, 2006, the CPSC announced the recall of Tu-Wire® ballasts used with dimmable compact fluorescent lights.  Pritzker | Ruohonen, a premier product liability law firm, provides information on selected consumer product recalls as a public service.  Pritzker | Ruohonen is recognized nationally in the area of product recalls and recently settled an injury case involving a recalled product for $3,750,000.  Lawyer Fred Pritzker has been practicing law for 29 years and was selected by other lawyers for inclusion in the 2005-2006 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. To contact a lawyer at Pritzker | Ruohonen, call toll-free at 1-888-377-8900, e-mail info@pritzkerlaw.com, or fill in our online consultation form.

Below is the CPSC announcement of the recall of  Tu-Wire® ballasts used with dimmable compact fluorescent lights.

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Tu-Wire® Dimming Ballasts Used With Compact Fluorescent Lights Recalled for Shock Hazard

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: Tu-Wire® ballasts used with dimmable compact fluorescent lights
Units: About 28,000 units
Manufacturer: Lutron Electronics Co. Inc., of Coopersburg, Pa.
Hazard: These ballasts, if not properly grounded in accordance with the National Electrical Code, can present a risk of electric shock to persons who come in contact with the ballast or with a light fixture that incorporates the ballast, such as when a consumer changes a fluorescent lamp bulb.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported
Description: The recalled ballast is used to dim compact fluorescent lighting fixtures. The ballasts are not visible once installed. The ballasts were included with light fixtures sold under numerous brand names. Consumers should not touch these fixtures, since they could pose a shock hazard. The fixtures with these ballasts have a 120 VAC application, the fixture housing is for a 26W or 32W four-pin plug-in compact fluorescent lamp installed after July 1998. Most of the lights were sold for commercial use, though some were sold for consumer use. This recall does not involve light fixtures containing incandescent or halogen lamps or fixtures with screw-in compact fluorescent lamps or straight tube (linear) fluorescent lamps.
Sold by: Light fixture manufacturers, electrical distributors and electrical contractors nationwide from July 1998 through May 2006 for about $120.
Manufactured In: Puerto Rico
Remedy: Consumers should not touch these fixtures, since they could pose a shock hazard. Consumers should contact Lutron Electronics to arrange for free replacement of the recalled ballasts.  [Pritzker | Ruohonen note: If you have been seriously injured after being shocked by a fluorescent light that used a Tu-Wire® ballast, you should contact a product liability lawyer.]
 
Source: CPSC recall announcement, http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml06/06235.html.

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