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Nearly a Million Home Improvement Books Recalled Due to Faulty Do-It-Yourself Wiring Instructions

By Paul Napoli

January 9, 2010

Consumers test their home repair or remodeling skills, or try to save money, by doing home improvement projects themselves. They often start with a trip to the local hardware or mega-sized home improvement store for materials and perhaps a how-to-do-it-yourself instruction book. However, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with Oxmoor House, Inc., today announced a voluntary recall of about 951,000 such home improvement books.

The books, with publication dates spanning a period of 35 years, contain errors in the technical diagrams and wiring instructions that could lead consumers to incorrectly install or repair electrical wiring, posing an electrical shock or fire hazard to consumers. Although the CPSC states that no incidents or injuries have occurred, with nearly a million books in the hands of consumers, some since 1975, could fire officials, police or consumers themselves have improperly attributed occurrences of electrical shocks or fires to the inexperienced do-it-yourselfers instead?

Nine different book titles are affected by this recall, including Lowe's Complete Home Wiring – How to Get the Job Done Right. Consumers may have bought the books at home improvement stores and bookstores nationwide from January 1975 through December 2009 for between $13 and $35.

AmeriSpec Home Repair Handbook

ISBN 978-0-376-00180-1 Publication Date - January 2006

Lowe's Complete Home Improvement and Repair

ISBN 978-0-376-00922-7 Publication Date - September 2005

ISBN 978-0-376-01098-8 Publication Date - December 1999

Lowe's Complete Home Wiring

ISBN 978-0-376-00928-9 Publication Date - May 2008

Sunset Basic Home Repairs

ISBN 978-0-376-01581-5 Publication Date - February 1995

ISBN 978-0-376-01025-4 Publication Date - January 1975

Sunset Complete Home Wiring

ISBN 978-0-376-01594-5 Publication Date - December 1999

Sunset Complete Patio Book

ISBN 978-0-376-01411-5 Publication Date - January 2006

ISBN 978-0-376-01397-2 Publication Date - January 1998

ISBN 978-0-376-01399-6 Publication Date - April 1990

Sunset Home Repair Handbook

ISBN 978-0-376-01258-6 Publication Date - October 1998

978-0-376-01256-2 Publication Date - February 1985

Sunset Water Gardens

ISBN 978-0-376-03849-4 Publication Date - January 2004

Sunset You Can Build - Wiring

ISBN 978-0-376-01596-9 Publication Date - January 2009

Consumers should stop using the recalled books and contact Oxmoor House toll-free at (866) 696-7602 for a complete refund.

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Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Paul Napoli

Full post as published by New York City Personal Injury Lawyer on January 10, 2010 (boomark / email).