CPSC Investigation: The electrical and fire safety inquiry October 28, 2009

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is prepared to release its results regarding the drywall investigation prompted by reports from over 1,500 consumers from over 27 States.   TheChineseDrywallLawyer.com is probing the basics of the investigation itself for the convenience of homeowners across the nation.  See the general article here.

Aside from the (perhaps) more important aspects of the health inquiry of the CPSC investigation, the agency also will be releasing, and has been studying the issue of electrical and fire safety ramifications of potentially defective drywall.  Consumers across the nation have been reporting blackening and corrosion of metal products in the home.  Specifically, reports have included failure of air conditioning units and coils, operation failures of various appliances such as dishwashers, televisions, and refrigerators.  Even video game consoles have been implicated.

The CPSC has stated that they have not received any direct complaints of fires, electrical shocks relating to drywall, however, that is not to presuppose that such problems are not impossible tangents of the issue at large.  The CPSC seems particularly concerned with the prospect of corrosion of gas pipes and fire safety devices such as fire and carbon dioxide alarms.

The CPSC investigation pertaining to electrical and fire safety components encompasses the following primary purposes:

(1)   Electrical devices

(2)   Gas service devices

(3)   Fire safety devices

The investigation, as reported by the CPSC, is a “two-part engineering component test program, (1) metallurgical analysis of various components collected from affected residences to characterize the type and extent of damage; and (2) exposure of new components to elevated levels of gases…”

Check TheChineseDrywallLawyer.com frequently for updates regarding the investigation results from the CPSC.