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By: Mary Merda
Website: http://www.lamps-n-lighting.com
Lithonia Home Lighting is recalling about 52,000
high intensity discharge home light fixtures with
acrylic lenses and reflectors.
A component in the light fixture can leak fluid,
which can degrade the acrylic lenses and reflectors,
causing them to crack and fall. Falling pieces
of acrylic can injure someone below the fixture,
the Consumer Product Safety Commission reported.
Lithonia is aware of 42 incidents where pieces
of acrylic fell from fixtures. One person suffered
a laceration on his forehead when a piece of an
acrylic lens fell.
These are indoor HID light fixtures with acrylic
lenses and reflectors. Only certain models of
specific wattage lights are included in the recall.
Check the Lithonia Web site for a list of the
specific model and wattage combinations included.
The models, wattages, city and date of manufacture
and Lithonia can be found on a label
attached to the ballast housing.
Lighting and electrical supply distributors nationwide
sold the fixtures from November 2002 through February
2004.
Building owners and managers with recalled fixtures
should contact Lithonia to verify that the fixtures
are included in the recall and arrange for a replacement
of the fixture or faulty component.
Lithonia and their distributors are directly
notifying customers who purchased the recalled
the home fixtures.
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