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ADT Recalls Carbon Monoxide Detectors

The recalled model, a product of a St. Charles company, fails to indicate when it is time to replace it.

Carbon monoxide detectors installed by ADT between October 2008 and December 2010 as part of a home security system were recalled Thursday, Oct. 20, by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

About 20,000 units of CO 1224T carbon monoxide (CO) detectors have been recalled because they fail to properly signal when they no longer work up to capacity. The manufacturer is System Sensor, of St. Charles, which voluntarily participated in the recall. The units were built in China and Mexico and distributed by ADT Security Services Inc. of Boca Raton, FL.

When the CO detector reaches the end of its useful life, it is supposed to send a signal to make a sound in the home alarm panel alerting consumers it is time to replace them and a signal to ADT's alarm monitoring center. Some of the detectors were not wired properly to the ADT alarm system, resulting in the sound not going off in the home alarm panel and no signal to the ADT alarm monitoring center at the end of its useful life. Not replacing a CO detector at the end its useful life could result in failure to detect a CO poisoning hazard to consumers. Consumers should stop using the product immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.

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No incidents or injuries were reported.

The model number is behind the detector's front cover. Consumers should contact ADT immediately for a free inspection of the recalled detectors and, if necessary, a free repair. Consumers should not attempt to disable the recalled detectors. ADT officials say all customers have been contacted.

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For additional information, contact ADT tollfree at 800-238-2727 between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. Monday through Friday or visit the company's Web site, www.adt.com.


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