NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
| Office of Information and Public Affairs |
Washington, DC 20207 |
CPSC and The Ducane Company Announce Recall
of Upflow Horizontal Oil Furnaces
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), The Ducane Company of Columbia, S.C., is announcing a voluntary recall program to repair approximately 2,100 oil furnaces. Heat exchangers in the furnace can crack.
The Ducane Company initiated the recall after it found a crack in one of its furnaces. No injuries have been reported.
This retrofit involves 150,000- and 200,000-Btu oil furnaces manufactured by Ducane and distributed under the following brand names and model numbers:
Brand | ModelNumbers |
| American Standard | AUH150A960A and AUH200A960A |
| Bard | FUS150D60A and FUS200D60A |
| Bryant/Day & Night/Payne | 363AAN060195 and 363AAN060260 |
| Carrier | 58BTA195xxx58BTA10120 and 58BTA260xxx58BTA10120 |
| Ducane | UHZA150D34C2 and UHZA200D34C2 |
| Goodman/Janitrol/GMC | UH-150(BK, DU) and UH-200(BK,DU) |
| Heil/Tempstar | NT005150BKA1 and NT005200BKA1 |
| Inter-City Products (Arcoaire, Comfortmaker) |
ND150A020 and OND200A020 |
| Lincoln Barriere | LBU150 and LBU200 |
| Nordyne (Miller/Intertherm) | 01HA-150C20B and 01HA200C20B |
| Quiet Automatic | UHZA150D34 and UHZA200D34 |
| York | 026-32647-005, 026-32647-006 and 026-32647-015 |
The model numbers are located on an identification/data plate inside the furnace's front door.
Heating and cooling contractors sold the heaters nationwide from April 1994 to August 1996 for about $1,700. Consumers who own recalled furnaces should call their dealers to arrange installation of a free recall upgrade kit. For more information, consumers can call the Ducane Company at (800) 600-4811.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission protects the public from the unreasonable risk of injury or death from 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury and for information on CPSC's fax-on-demand service, call CPSC's hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270. To order a press release through fax-on-demand, call (301) 504-0051 from the handset of your fax machine and enter the release number. Consumers can obtain this release and recall information via Internet gopher services at cpsc.gov or report product hazards to info@cpsc.gov.
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