Posted on 08/30/2007 5:49:57 PM PDT by Milwaukee_Guy
B&F System Inc. Recalls Emergency Tool Kits Due to Fire and Shock Hazards
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Emergency Tool Kits
Units: About 43,000
Distributor: B&F System Inc., of Dallas, Texas
Hazard: Booster cables in the recalled kits can have undersized wiring and inadequate connections, posing a fire and shock hazard to consumers.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported.
Description: The recalled emergency tool kits have booster cables in combination with other tools and safety equipment. The recall includes the following models:
#MTHEK41 - Yorkcraft™ 41 piece SAE & Metric kit
#MTHEKSM - Yorkcraft™ 6 piece kit
#MTHEKREF - Yorkcraft™ 15 piece kit
#MTHEK15 - Yorkcraft™ 15 piece kit
#MTEKIT2 - Yorkcraft™ Emergency Tool Kit
Sold at: Flea markets and various Internet sites nationwide from June 2003 through May 2007 for between $5 and $45.
Manufactured in: China
Remedy: Consumers should stop using the booster cables in the recalled kits immediately and contact the firm to receive a refund for the cost of the cables.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact B&F System toll-free at (877) 586-2926 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, or visit the firm’s Web site at www.bnfusa.com
Another China recall Ping!
Studies have shown that only about 5% of recalled items are actually ever returned.
Many times this stuff is never pulled from the shelves.
They’ll keep selling it, if we keep buying it........
This is pathetic. We won a world war due to our ability to manufacture everything we needed.
R U Kidding me? Another China Recall? Geesh, I am on my 5th hose nozzle this summer. I am so pissed off, I bought on in the spring and it sprung a leak, so I bought a more heavy duty one and the plastic thing cracked ( unusable) so I went for the fire hose style and it leaked the first day, so I went for steel, dropped it on the ground and the tip popped off... look to screw it back in and nothing but a solder job (no threads) so off for number 5, this time I kept the pastic tab attached, the one that you are supposed to remove? Anyway, so far so good, but all 5 made in china, my search for an american made hose nozzle has been unsucessfull, meanwhile the old lady that lives next store is still using the same nozzle on her hose that she bought 35 years ago. I am soo pissed off about this, walmart, target, and home depo can kiss my hose!
I’m using what was my great grandmother’s old brass twist nozzle. It must be 80 years old and works beautifully.
Menard’s and Walgreen’s are going to kick me out soon.
Then I’ll get a lawyer.......
There’s a new recall today from the FDA for Margarita Salt Rimmer tins. The release doesn’t state any of the ingredients are from China so I won’t post it to this thread because I don’t want to hi-jack your thread. I did want to post though since there is a recall which might affect some FReepers. Anyone interested can go to the link in my tagline.
Watch for a surge in the used nozzle market.
We bought a water heater from Sears last year that the salesperson suggested was probably made in China. We can’t seem to regulate the temperature on the damn thing and we discovered that our natural gas bill has taken a major spike upward. Our plumber just installed a replacement stopper assembly in our sink that was made in China. (The stopper, that is.) The stopper sits in the bottom of the sink at a crooked angle and looks weird.
My brother bought some rubber boots for winter snow shoveling that were made in China. He wanted the black rubber kind with buckles that go over your shoes but he couldn’t find any made in America. The Chinese crap he bought fell apart after one season. He had to try to patch them up with electrical tape. (Not too watertight in heavy snow.)
We need a new hose nozzle but I don’t dare buy one considering your experience.
Why are we putting up with this? How about a nationwide boycott or demonstration or SOMETHING.
As far as a hose nozzle is concerned, you might try Ebay. I took a look out of curiosity and found a set of 3 old brass twist type nozzles for under 8 bucks.
Ok, who posted this on TB2K?
At least it won’t get pulled off into Chat over there!
;-O
The old brass one is the best you can get. We still use one that is at least as old as your great grandmother’s. About the only place to find a good one now is at an antique store where I have seen them between $20-35.00!! Who’d ever think that something that cost maybe 50 cents way back then would be worth so much today.
I’ve got her old Techumseh roto tiller too. I think it was built in the 40s and I still use it.
Sorry about your water heater experience that sounds expensive, my nozzle story is true and it really pisses me off. I am affraid for our country, with all the china recalls, the muzzies in our medical fields, the open borders, and the anti-american 24/7 by our supposed media, and lets not forget our congress-critters who many of which are more aniti-american self-interest power-hungry, self-obsurbed..... you get the point... blows my mind as a tear trickles down my cheek.
Have you tried this brand?
http://www.dramm.com/html/main.isx?sub=23
Scan down the page. They also another nozzle, #12380.
“I’ve got her old Techumseh roto tiller too”
Working behind that beast will either make into the Incredible Hulk or kill you. I’ve got an old American made Troy built, made 50 miles from here in Troy, NY. I love it. American tools can’t be beat. The only non-American “tool” I have that I wouldn’t part with is my Japan made Honda generator. One pull on choke, next one without and she’ll start everytime.
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