"Gas Pack" Recall Notice

I received an Alert recently from a home inspection company called "Pillar to post". It concerned a Gas Pack recall notice from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

A Gas Pack is a roof mounted heating unit added to air conditioning units (not heat pumps) that allows the unit to produce heat when needed. These installations are fairly common in Arizona. Certain units are being recalled due to a possible overheating problem that may result in a fire.

The manufacturer is International Comfort Products, LLC of Lewisburg, Tenn.

According to the Alert, the following brand names are involved. Airqust, Arcoaire, Comfortmaker, Heil, Keeprite, Kenmore, ICP Commercial and Tempstar. The recall includes configuratoins of "A" chassis units with a 3-ton or 5-ton cooling capacity manufactured between the 42st week of 2000 and the 26th week of 2003. These units were sold between October 2000 and September 2005

You can contact your A/C company or the manufacturer of your unit to see if your unit is included in the recall.

For more information, contract ICP at (800) 649-4706 anytime or visit the ICP website at www.icpusa.com

Richard