ECR International Recalls Gas-Fired Hot Water Residential Boilers Due to Carbon Monoxide Hazard

Erin Holohan Haskell

This recall involves gas-fired hot water residential boilers with brand names Dunkirk, Utica Boilers, Utica Heating, Pennco, Green Mountain and Columbia and with model numbers DXL-K, MGB-K, UH15B-K, 15B-K, GMGW-K, or MCB-K respectively. The boilers are blue and/or gray in color, 32-inches tall, 13- to 27-inches wide and 26-inches deep. The model and serial numbers are located on the boiler rating plate in the front left corner of the top panel.

More info here: https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2023/ECR-International-Recalls-Gas-Fired-Hot-Water-Residential-Boilers-Due-to-Carbon-Monoxide-Poisoning-Hazard

Mad Dog_2

Wow! That's a big deal!  How could so many boilers  be missing the plate? You can see a half a dozen due to a careless,  lazy employee, but they should have never left the factory 🏭.   Mad Dog 🐕 

PC7060

Part probably got dropped off a fabrication & assembly drawing during a design update.   The error would flow right though productions and inspection because the units matched the drawing. 

Steamhead

I just looked at the parts breakdown for the Columbia version, here:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.columbiaheating.com/residential-boilers/mcb-series-II/MCB SERIES K PARTS.pdf

Are they talking about the roll-out shield, the flame viewing port cover or the cleanout plate in the flue collector?

Mad Dog_2

I think the C.O. plate.  Mad Dog 🐕