Risk of overheating causing fire - Important safety warning for owners of air exchange systems - Please read carefully and completely
DRUMMONDVILLE, QC, Feb. 13 /CNW Telbec/ - Venmar Ventilation has received several reports of major home fires where the suspected cause is a heat recovery system. Burlington fire officials determined that two fires in Burlington have been attributed to Venmar units. However, Venmar's own investigation of these incidents and their causes is not yet completed.
Therefore, Venmar Ventilation is continuing its efforts to contact the owners of affected heat recovery systems as these systems can fail and pose a potential fire hazard to homeowners.
This program covers models manufactured between 1991 and 2001 as well as between October 2006 and August 2007.
Owners of air exchange systems that are covered by this Safety Upgrade Program must immediately turn their unit off and unplug it, and contact Venmar
as soon as possible by phone at 1 866-441-4645, by visiting their website at www.venmar.ca, or by mail at SUP, 550 Lemire blvd, Drummondville, QC, J2C 7W9.
It has come to Venmar's attention that an unlikely series of circumstances could lead to a motor overheating in certain models of air exchangers that may result in a potential fire hazard. For models manufactured between 1991 and 2001 Venmar will provide a safety upgrade device, called Power Plug Adaptor free of charge. For models manufactured between October 2006 and August 2007 Venmar will send a field technician who will inspect and fix the affected units, free of charge.
The Safety Upgrade Program affects certain units distributed under the names: Venmar, Venmar AVS, Flair, vanEE, Sears, Guardian by Broan, NuTone, Conformax, Payne, Day & Night, Carrier, Bryant, Heil, York, Rheem, Ruud, Protech and Weatherking Heat Recovery Ventilators sold in North-America. This program covers units with the following model numbers only. This model number is located on a silver or a black label positioned on the outside panel of the
unit.
Venmar Brand: AEXX, EARC, 1XX, 30X, 40X, 4XXXX models
Venmar AVS Brand: 1.X, 2.X, 30XX, 55XX, 4XXXX, 16016XX, C32042 models
Flair Brand: 30, 30XX, 55, 55XX, 85115 models
vanEE Brand: 10, 1XX, 100X, 20, 20XX, 30XX, 90, 4XXXX, 16016XX models
Sears Brand: OPTIMUM model
Guardian by Broan Brand: 100X, 200X, ERVXXXXX, HRVXXXX models
NuTone Brand: NUTR130 model
Conformax Brand: 300, 350, 400 models
Payne Brand: VXXXXXXXXX model
Day & Night Brand: VXXXXXXXXX model
Carrier Brand: ERVXXXXXXX, HRVXXXXXXX, VXXXXXXXXX, models
Bryant Brand: ERVXXXXXXX, HRVXXXXXXX, VXXXXXXXXX, models
Heil Brand: HEILXXXXX model
York Brand: 5263554XXXX model
Rheem Brand: 84-ERV100, 84-ERV200, 84-HRV100, 84-HRV200, models
Ruud Brand: 84-ERV100, 84-ERV200, 84-HRV100, 84-HRV200, models
Protech Brand: 84-ERV100, 84-ERV200, 84-HRV100, 84-HRV200, models
Weatherking Brand: 84-ERV100, 84-ERV200, 84-HRV100, 84-HRV200, models
<< NOTE: The X digit used in the model numbers can be either a letter OR a number.>>
Venmar Ventilation is taking these measures to ensure that all of its customers have total peace of mind regarding their product safety.
About Venmar Ventilation
Established in Drummondville in 1978, Venmar Ventilation is North America's leading manufacturer of superior indoor air quality products. The company devotes a significant percentage of its annual earnings to research and development so that it can offer its customers safe, state-of-the-art products for the residential sector. Venmar is ISO 9001 certified and recognized for its contribution to improving the indoor environment, particularly with its HEPA central air purification system, which sets new air purification standards for the industry. To learn more about Venmar Ventilation, visit www.venmar.ca.
For further information: Scott Stevens, Venmar Ventilation inc., (905) 670-2500 #245
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