For Immediate Release
November 6, 2001
Release # 02-036
CPSC Contact: Scott Wolfson (301) 504-0580 Ext. 1189
Progress Lighting Hotline: (866) 696-8593
CPSC, Progress Lighting Announce Recall of Fluorescent Lights
WASHINGTON, D.C.- In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC), Progress Lighting, of Spartanburg, S.C., is
voluntarily recalling about 10,600 fluorescent lights. The lights are
improperly wired, posing a fire hazard.
Progress Lighting has received two reports of these fluorescent
lights smoking and smoldering. No injuries have been reported.
The recalled fluorescent ceiling and bathroom lights were sold in
various shapes and sizes including domes, cylinders and rectangles. The
white Underwriters Laboratories label on the light contains the
manufacture's name, "PROGRESS LIGHTING;" the manufacture date, between
March 1998 and March 1999; and catalog number. The label is located on
the fixture's housing under the white plastic lens covering the bulbs.
Consumers should turn off the power before removing the lens to examine
the lights. The recalled lights have the following catalog numbers:
711460-005, 711560-EB0, 711660-EB0, 711660-EB5, 714710-005, 715715-085,
714730-005, 714810-EB0, 714815-EB0, 714830-EB0, 714910-EB0, 714915-EB0,
714930-EB0, 716030-095, 716035-005, 716130-EB0, 716135-EB0, 716230-EB0,
716235-EB0, 720110-005, 720530-005, 720630-005, 721330-EB0, 721430-EB0,
721530-EB0, 721630-EB0, 726230-EB0, 726235-003, 726330-EB0, 726430-EB0,
726435-003, 728560-EB0, 733435-003, and 733530-003.
Electricians and electrical supply companies sold these lights
nationwide from March 1998 through July 1999 for about $90.
Consumers should stop using the recalled lights immediately and
contact Progress Lighting to schedule an in-house repair. Consumers can
contact Progress Lighting at (866) 696-8593 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET
Monday through Friday, or write to: Progress Lighting, P.O. Box 5704,
Spartanburg, SC 29304, Attn: Tim Powell. Consumers also can go to the
firm's web site at www.progresslighting.com.