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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Hazard causes for the Defective Gas Vent Dampers being Recalled
Posted by admin | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 29-10-2008
Forty Five Thousand of Effikal’s defective gas vent dampers that could possibly malfunction and leak poisonous carbon monoxide gas. An alert issued by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on October 9, 2008 state that these automatic gas vent dampers could fail suddenly. IF ever this will happen and the block vent switch does not activate, there is a possibility for the vent to leak carbon monoxide gas posing a risk of carbon monoxide poisoning to consumers. However, as of the moment, there are no injuries or fatalities have been reported yet because of these defective gas vent dampers.
The defective has been immediately prohibited for use to its consumers. Included in this recall is the Effikal’s RVGP-PC gas vent dumper unites of sizes like 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 7 or 10 that are installed with various gas boiler systems. These vent dumpers has date code located on a sticker under the motor assembly cap the plastic base, while the serial numbers can be seen on a label on the side of the damper’s cap.
According to reports, plumbing and heating wholesaler and distributors sold the said defective products to plumbers and contractors from August 2007 to July 2008. Prices are ranging from $1,000 to $4,000 or the boilers while the gas vent dampers were sold as part of the gas boiler system package. Those customers to happens to buy these defective units are required to contact their installers in order to confirm that they have a recalled defective gas vent damper and to have a chance to receive a free vent damper as replacement. For those customers who are not yet totally informed are asked to call Effikal at 1-866-790-3739 for more details about the product and the replacement thing. As per the U.S. Center for Disease Control estimates that carbon monoxide poisoning claims lives of about 500 a year whilst causes more than 15,000 visits to hospital emergency rooms yearly.
To those who are not yet familiar with Carbon Monoxide or the one commonly known as CO, it is a colorless, odorless gas produced by burning material containing carbon. Some appliances that we own and used everyday such as propane heaters contain carbon monoxide too. If a person get too much carbon monoxide have a tendency of having carbon monoxide poising, which can cause the deadly severe brain damage and eventually death.
Even though carbon monoxide is a gas wherein we cannot see, smell or taste, it still has the ability to kill a person in the form of carbon monoxide poisoning. In fact, carbon monoxide poisoning is the leading cause of accidental poisoning deaths in the United States. If you or some of your friends and relatives are suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning due to a defective product, you or your friends must contact some lawyers or your local officials that has the ability to help you practice or pursue your right. Bring alert of your health condition is also a good step in preventing accidental deaths caused by carbon monoxide poisoning.


