Recall Notice - Dan H.

DanHolohan

NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 3, 2004
Release # 04-131

Firm's Hotline: (888) 401-9940
CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908

CPSC, Fluke Corp. Announce Recall of Electrical Testing Components

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
announces the following recall in voluntary cooperation with the firm
below.
Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless
otherwise instructed.

Name of product: Modular Test Leads used for Electrical Testing
Multimeters

Units: About 110,000

Manufacturer: Fluke Corporation, of Everett, Wash.

Hazard: The leads, which are used to connect probes to handheld digital
multimeters when testing for the presence and amount of voltage present
in electrical circuitry, can result in incorrect multimeter readings.
This poses
a serious shock or electrocution hazard if the consumer touches live
wires
that the meter has read as having no electrical current. Fluke has
received
29 reports of the leads for Fluke multimeters operating improperly,
though
no injuries have been reported.

Incidents/Injuries: Fluke has received 29 reports of the leads for Fluke

multimeters operating improperly, though no injuries have been reported.


Description: The recalled test leads are red and black with no permanent

probes attached. They have the Fluke logo on the connector ends. They
were sold individually, as well as with a variety of Fluke multimeters
and
accessory kits. The recall includes only Fluke Model TL221, TL222 and
TL224 test leads. The model numbers are not written on the test leads,
but are written on the packaging or on product documents. The recall
does not include Fluke test leads with permanently attached test probes,

and does not include test leads with a SureGrip(tm) symbol, shown below,

either on a tag around the silicon wire or molded onto the connector
end.


Fluke test leads with a SureGrip(tm) symbol are not included in the
recall.

Sold at: Home and hardware stores and electrical distributors nationwide

from December 2002 through March 2004. The leads sold individually for
about $18. Fluke multimeters and accessory kits containing these leads
sold for between $45 and $450.

Manufactured in: China

Remedy: Consumers should stop using the recalled modular test leads
immediately and contact Fluke for information on getting free
replacement components.

Consumer Contact: Consumers should call Fluke toll-free at
(888) 401-9940 between 5 a.m. and 4 pm PT Monday through Friday.
Consumers also can access Fluke's Web site at www.fluke.com. Fluke
has sent direct notice to known purchasers.

To see a picture of the recalled product please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml04/04131.html


The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting
the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more
than
15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction.
Deaths,
injuries and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the
nation more than $700 billion annually. The CPSC is committed to
protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire,
electrical,
chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure children. The CPSC's work
to
ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power
tools,
cigarette lighters, and household chemicals - contributed significantly
to
the 30 percent decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated
with
consumer products over the past 30 years.

To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call CPSC's
hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270, or

visit CPSC's web site at www.cpsc.gov/talk.html. Consumers can obtain
this release and recall information at CPSC's Web site at www.cpsc.gov.