Recall: Vacless Pool Safety Vacuum Release Systems pose entrapment risk

January 20, 2011
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Recall: Vacless Pool Safety Vacuum Release Systems pose entrapment risk

01/19/2011 // Greensboro, NC, USA // Personal Injury Lawyers News // Nicole Howley

Sylmar, CA—About 16,000 pool safety vacuum release systems were recalled by Vacless Systems Inc. and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The CPSC announced the recall on January 19, 2011.

The recall was initiated after discovering that improper plastic material found inside the vacuum release systems has been attributed to failures in the product, which can create entrapment hazards to swimmers.

The CPSC reported, “The recalled product is a black plastic device that screws into the drain hole of a swimming pool or spa circulation pump. As part of the circulation systems, the device is designed to release the vacuum in a drain line whenever a submerged drain cover of a swimming pool or spa is completely covered. The recalled product has model number SVRS10ADJ and only involves the following serial numbers found on the weather-proof label attached to the top of every unit.”

• 061040994 through 061041353

• 071040437 through 071040536

• 071040570 through 071040574

• 071040627 through 071041125

Dealers and distributors will be directly notifying consumers of the recall and how to repair your system. Those who have not been directly notified may contact Vacless Systems Inc. to implement the Vacless SVRS repair and testing procedure and to receive a replacement unit for installation. Repair instructions are also available at www.vacless.com.

For further information concerning the recall, consumers can contact Vacless Systems Inc. directly at (818) 899-1755 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. PT Monday through Friday, e-mail the firm at [email protected] or visit their website at www.vacless.com.