Published: November 14, 2005

UL Warns of Potentially Hazardous Commercial Refrigerator

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Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) is notifying retailers that Caravell A/S, Commercial Refrigerators, Models CIF45 and CIC65 contain exposed live parts during lamp replacement, which may pose a shock hazard.

Name of Product: Caravell Impulse Display Chiller Cabinet, models CIF45 and CIC65

Units: Unknown Quantity

Manufacturer: Frigor A/S

Date of Manufacture: These products have been manufactured since 1991.

Hazard: An unknown number of units were constructed without the required fluorescent lampholders. In these units, wires with exposed terminations are used to connect to the fluorescent lamp pins. There is a risk of electric shock if the user contacts the exposed live parts on the lamps during lamp replacement.

Identification:

On the product: Units have a nameplate marked with the affected model identification.

Consumer Contact: Frigor A/S, Holstebrovej 101, DK-8800 Viborg, Denmark. Contact via e-mail via post@frigor.dk. Or go to the Website at http://www.frigor.dk. Contact by phone at 011 45 8662 6400.

What you should do: UL recommends that users contact the manufacturer before replacing the lamp.

Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) is an independent, not-for-profit product safety certification organization that has been testing products and writing Standards for Safety for more than 110 years. UL tests more than 19,000 types of products annually, and more then 19 billion UL Marks appear on products each year. Worldwide, UL's family of companies and its network of service providers include 58 laboratories, and testing and certification facilities.