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Saturday, December 18, 2010

Extech Recalls Digital Clamp Meters, Multimeters (OHS Online)

Approximately 6,200 instruments sold between January 2008 and November 2010 are recalled the United States and the Canada.

EXTECH Instruments Corp. recalled approximately 6,200 metres digital clamp and Multimeters and the United States the Canada after having identified a risk of shock. When the battery is very low, instruments may show zero or very low voltage while the user is piloting a dangerous circuit voltage which creates a risk of electrocution, the company said. No injuries have been reported.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has posted a notice callback 14 December said 5 100 units are repeated in the United States and Health Canada dated dated 16 December said recall notice affects 1.077 units have been sold to industrial, electrical, heating, the restoration of the disaster and electronic across the Canada distributors.

The recall affects selected EX612 EX613 EX622, EX623 m digital clamp and multimeters EX540, EX542 EX570. Instruments with serial numbers that begin with are not affected.

EXTECH invites owners to check serial numbers of their units. If they have one of the recalled units, they should immediately stop using it and return it for free for a free replacement instrument which will arrive in 7 to 10 days, depending on the company. Period counter guarantee restart starting on the day the owner receives the replacement meter.

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