Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service Newsdesk

at 14/12/2007 08:34

The Danfoss Group, a leading global producer of components for cooling, heating and motion controls, is cautioning customers that there is a potential risk of fire in refrigerators and freezers produced in or before 1994.

The domestic appliances at risk contain a Danfoss compressor with a starting device now believed in some cases to be able to generate a spark that could cause a fire.

The company is offering to provide a replacement starting device free to the owners of all such appliances still in use. The risk of fire is believed to be caused by a starting device installed on a certain type of compressor produced by Danfoss until 1994. Tests indicate that the gradual decay of the plastic material used to produce the starting device at that time leads to the potential risk that the component may generate a spark which could ignite a fire.

You can find more information and order the free spare part you need at:
Web: www.danfoss.co.uk/compressorinfo

or

Related item: http://db.cornwall.gov.uk/fbnews/common/DanfossPressRelease.pdf