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Re: Sunbeam heating pad
Posted by jacqueline on 5/27/08

    On 4/05/08, Cindy Becker wrote:
    > On 4/02/08, It was 3 am when I was awoken to a loud crack
    > sound,and saw an orange reflection. It was not until I was making
    > my bed when I observed a black/grey color starburst marking on my
    > fitted sheet. I was not sure what it was, and then noted a sulfur
    > like smell. At that point I noticed the cord that goes into the
    > control box was severed and severly scorched. This could have
    > easily caught on fire.
    > On 3/31/08, Martin G Hood wrote:
    >> On 11/03/05, Carol Belle wrote:
    >>> On 9/14/05, Betsy Neisner wrote:
    >>>> On 11/22/04, jeffrey jacobs wrote:
    >>>>> I am looking for Sunbeam heating pads that have
    >>>>> malfunctioned/overheated. The pads may have charred or
    >>>>> caught fire. If you have had an experience with a
    >>>>> malfunctioning heating pad, I would like to hear from you.
    >>>>
    >>>> I am a lawyer in Greenfield, Massachusetts, with a client
    >>>> who was burned while using a Sunbeam heating pad. Have you
    >>>> received any responses from lawyers or engineers discussing
    >>>> defects in the pad or deficiencies in the UL standards
    >>>> relied upon by Sunbeam for testing the pads
    >>>
    >>> Mine caught on fire and burned a whole the size of an orange
    >>> right by the connector. It burned through a sheet touched my
    >>> nightgown and burned a hole in my new couch. I also was burned
    >>> when I reached in back of me to see what was so hot. I got an
    >>> electrical shock My left hand fingers are blistered ring finger
    >>> worst then pinkie. It was only on for an hour and it is fairly
    >>> new.
    >>
    >> I was using my Sunbeam heating pad to warm my feet. The room was
    > dark and I
    >> picked up the cord and ran my hand down the cord to find the
    > control and felt a
    >> break in the wire and felt the copper conductor. I could have
    > been electrocuted. The
    >> power cord was hard and brittle and when it is bent I noticed it
    > cracked. The vinyl on
    >> the power cords insulation is definately poor materials.

    05-27-08
    Over the week end my mom was sitting on her couch with her sunbeam
    heating pad and noticed that all of a sudden it got very hot. She
    jumped up and the pad went on fire. Luckily she was not burned, but
    I shudder to think have she had fallen asleep with it and this
    happened.

    She still has the heating pad and you can see the damage.

     
     

 
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