±Was price reflects the last national regular price this product was sold for. The tire producer/manufacturer uses this fee to pay for the collection, transportation and processing of used tires.ĬANADIAN TIRE® and the CANADIAN TIRE T riangle Design are registered trade-marks of Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited. △ The tire producer/manufacturer of the tires you are buying is responsible for the recycling fee you are being charged. The tire producer/manufacturer uses this fee to pay for the collection, transportation and processing of used tires. Although replacing 500-watt bulbs with 300-watt bulbs will decrease the chance of the bulbs shattering, consumers should still keep the 300-watt bulbs away from combustibles in order to avoid fires.△ The tire producer/manufacturer of the tires you are buying is responsible for the recycling fee you are being charged. While Tensor is replacing 500-watt bulbs with 300-watt bulbs, CPSC warns that most halogen torchiere lamp bulbs, which burn at very high temperatures, can start a fire if they come in contact with curtains, clothes, or other flammable material.
No further action is needed by consumers who participated in this earlier replacement program.
#500 watt halogen bulb free#
Thousands of consumers have already received their free 300-watt replacement bulb. After verifying that the caller's lamp contains an affected bulb, Tensor will provide a free 300-watt tubular halogen replacement bulb for each 500-watt bulb included with the lamp.Įarlier this year, Tensor and Montgomery Ward initiated a replacement program for 500-watt bulbs in response to the withdrawal of Underwriters Laboratories' (UL) listing of torchiere floor lamps equipped with 500-watt bulbs because of their flammability potential.
#500 watt halogen bulb code#
Consumers should retrieve the date of purchase, the model number, and manufacturing code from the bottom of the lamp base, then call Tensor's Customer Service toll-free number at (888) 564-4424. Tensor lamps sold before October 1995 are not included in this bulb recall, and lamps sold after April 1996 contain the 300-watt replacement bulbs.Ĭonsumers should immediately discard the affected 500-watt bulbs. The affected bulbs were manufactured in China. Each lamp was packaged with one installed bulb and some were sold with a second replacement bulb. & More stores sold the lamps nationwide from October 1995 through April 1996 for about $20. The model number "LT609N" or "LT609P" and a manufacturing plant code appear on stickers on the bottom of the lamp base. A small round switch located on the lamp's pole enables consumers to adjust the bulb's brightness. The halogen torchiere floor lamps, measuring 71 inches tall, have a round base, a three part pole, and a shallow, bowl-shaped shade. Three fires resulted in more than $25,000 in damage. Tensor is aware of 281 incidents of bulbs shattering resulting in at least six burn injuries and some small fires. The bulbs may shatter during use, presenting a fire hazard when hot fragments of the shattered bulb land on nearby combustible materials, such as furniture, bedding, newspaper or carpet. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Tensor Corporation of Chelsea, Mass., is voluntarily recalling approximately 100,000 500-watt tubular halogen bulbs sold in 50,000 torchiere-style lamps.
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