Solar Powered Umbrella Sold at Costco Recalled for Bursting Into Flame

A brand new product recall is right here to place a damper in your summer time get-togethers: a light-up patio umbrella powered by photo voltaic panels and bought by Costco has been recalled following stories of the umbrella’s panels catching hearth.

There is nothing fairly like a calming summer time kick-back together with your family members—that’s, till the occasion is interrupted by your umbrella bursting into flames. SunVilla’s Solar LED Market Umbrella, which was bought at retail big Costco, was recalled in a joint submitting by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Government of Canada on Thursday. The Consumer Product Safety Commission reported that the lithium-ion batteries within the umbrella’s photo voltaic panel unit can overheat to the purpose of combustion. The photo voltaic panels and batteries energy a sequence of LEDs on the arms of the umbrella. This overheating has been reported to the Consumer Product Safety Commission six occasions, with two of those stories documenting the umbrella itself catching hearth.

“Consumers should immediately stop using the umbrellas, remove the solar panel puck containing a lithium-ion battery from the top of the umbrella, store the puck out of the sun and away from combustible material, and do not charge the puck with the AC adapter,” the fee stated within the recall discover. Costco and SunVilla didn’t instantly return our request for remark.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission says that 400,000 items have been recalled, 33,000 of them in Canada. The product was bought by Costco on-line and in its warehouse shops between December 2020 and May 2022 for $130 t0 $160, and purchasers are eligible for a full refund. Costco and SunVilla say they’re reaching out to all buyer who’ve bought an umbrella.

This seems to be the primary time an umbrella like this has been recalled in over a decade. Bed Bath & Beyond bought the same solar-powered umbrella in 2010, which was recalled not due to a fireplace hazard, however as a result of a plastic connector may break, inflicting the umbrella to break down.