EVX professional sound reinforcement loudspeakers
Check against the official notice below — it lists the full affected range.
Electro-Voice has recalled EVX professional sound reinforcement loudspeakers manufactured and shipped between July 31, 1987 and February 8, 1988. The affected models are EVX-150, EVX-156, EVX-180, EVX-184, EVX-1500, and EVX-1800. These speakers contain uninsulated lead wires and overly-long terminal lugs that may ignite the speaker cone during maximum excursion, creating a fire hazard. Approximately 65 speakers from this recall period remain unaccounted for, primarily sold in New York City and northern California, with many believed to have been taken out of the United States.
Consumers who purchased EVX loudspeakers before March 1, 1988 should immediately return them to their place of purchase. Customers returning models EVX-150, EVX-156, and EVX-180 will receive a newly manufactured replacement unit with safety modifications in place. Customers returning models EVX-1500, EVX-1800, and EVX-184 will receive credit. All EVX loudspeakers purchased after March 1, 1988 have improved performance characteristics and full safety modifications already installed.
Written by software from the official notice below. Not reviewed by a lawyer.
Fire & Fire-Related Burn
Loud Speaker Components Recalled by Electro-Voice NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 11, 1988 Release #88-047 Loud Speaker Components Recalled WASHINGTON, D.C.- In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Electro-Voice, Inc. has recalled EVX professional sound reinforcement loudspeakers built and shipped between July 31, 1987 and February 8, 1988. The loudspeaker components, model numbers EVX-150, EVX-156, EVX-180, EVX-184, EVX-1500 and EVX-1800 contain uninsulated lead wires and overly - long terminal lugs which may, during maximum excursion, ignite the carbon fiber/paper composite speaker cone. Approximately 65 speakers remain unaccounted for (as of June 28, 1988), sold mainly in New York City and northern California; the majority of these are said to have been sold to customers who took them out of the United States. Consumers should immediately return EVX loudspeakers purchased before March 1, 1988 to their place of purchase. Those customers who return loudspeaker model numbers EVX-150, EVX-156, and EVX-180 will receive in exchange a newly manufactured unit with fully tested modification in place. Credit will be issued to those customers who return loudspeaker model numbers EVX-1500, EXV-1800, and EVX-184. All EVX loudspeakers purchased after the above date have improved performance characteristics and full safety modifications in place.
Official record: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ↗
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