CPSC Warns Consumers to Stop Using Lakkzoom Immersion Water Heaters After 235 Fire Reports

The Consumer Product Safety Commission warned consumers on July 22 to stop using approximately 98,000 Lakkzoom immersion water heaters immediately and to dispose of them, after the agency received 235 reports of fires linked to the devices.

The warning was accompanied by a federal court complaint seeking a mandatory recall — the first time the CPSC has invoked its Section 12 imminent hazard authority under the Consumer Product Safety Act in nearly four decades.

The Hazard

The immersion water heaters — metal tubes with circular or heart-shaped holes and plastic endcaps, sold in black, yellow, and pink — can ignite within minutes if they are partially or completely out of water, the CPSC said. The commission identified four affected models: 1500W, 2000W, HT1500W (also marketed as MJ-R13), and HT2000W, all sold under the Lakkzoom brand.

The heaters were sold on Amazon.com and eBay.com from September 2022 through July 2026.

What Consumers Should Do

The CPSC directed consumers to stop using the heaters immediately and dispose of them. As of the July 22 warning, no formal refund or replacement program had been established. The agency's enforcement action seeks to compel the manufacturer and importer to issue a recall and is pending in federal court.

Enforcement Action

The U.S. Department of Justice filed the imminent hazard complaint against Cixi Miaojie Electrical Appliance Co. Ltd., the manufacturer, and Changsha Jiayi Tianzhuo Trading Co. Ltd., the seller and importer, both based in China.

Section 12 of the Consumer Product Safety Act allows the CPSC to seek an emergency court order requiring a company to stop distributing a product that poses an imminent hazard — before the full voluntary-recall process is completed. The CPSC said it had not invoked that authority in nearly four decades before the Lakkzoom action.

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