Blowers recalled by Intertex due to fire hazard

Intertex is recalling about 189,000 B-Air, BlueDri, BlueDri Pro, and Soleaire Blowers in the United States and about 8,153 in Canada.

The utility outlets on the side of the blowers aren’t protected by a circuit breaker. If the outlet becomes overloaded or short-circuited, it could overheat, posing a fire hazard.

No incidents or injuries have been reported.

This recall involves several models of centrifugal and axial blowers sold under the B-Air, BlueDri, BlueDri Pro, and Soleaire brands. Each blower has convenience outlets on the side of the unit to allow the blowers to be “daisy chained” – several blowers plugged together in series – or other devices to be plugged in.

These blowers were sold in a variety of models and colors. Model numbers can be found on the rear of the products.

The blowers were sold at Home Depot and Lowes stores nationwide and online at www.aerindustries.com, www.amazon.com, www.ebay.com, www.homedepot.com, and www.lowes.com from January 2008 through July 2020 for between $120 and $300.

Consumers should immediately stop using the convenience outlets on the side of the recalled blowers and contact Intertex for a free repair, the company and U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission advise. Consumers with recalled units will receive a free cordset adapter with an integrated circuit breaker.

For more information, call Intertex at 800-465-7300 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, email recall@b-air.com, or visit www.b-air.com.

For details on other recalls, go to www.recalls.gov.