Curtain-Style Holiday Lights Recall NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DECEMBER 10, 1997 Release # 98-038 CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772 CPSC Media Contact: Ken Giles, (301) 504-7052 CPSC, Retailers Announce Recall of Curtain-Style Holiday Lights WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), retailers nationwide are recalling more than 1.5 million sets of curtain-style, indoor/outdoor holiday lights. The electrical wiring can pull out from the splices of these decorative light sets, exposing live wires and presenting an electrocution hazard. CPSC is not aware of any injuries involving these lights. This recall is being issued to prevent the possibility of injury. The recalled curtain-style strings of lights are different from other decorative holiday lights because they use a horizontal electrical wire and have vertical strings of four to seven lights that hang down to give an icicle effect when hung on a roof's edge or a tree. These lights have a "splicing connector" located at the point where the string of lights hang down from the horizontal electrical wire. The splicing connector can pull apart or break exposing a metal wire, causing the electrical shock. To see if you have these indoor/outdoor lights, check for the names "Curtain," "Icicle" and "Wonder Lights." These miniature lights come in strings of clear bulbs and multicolored bulbs, and have either white or green wires. They were sold in strings of 100 or 150 lights in boxes containing one string, and sets of three or more strings. According to Underwriters Laboratories (UL), unauthorized holographic UL labels, located on each string near the plug, with the following numbers identify the lights being recalled: E115759 E126258 E127357 E127522 E48723 E64444 E65770 E97593 Curtain-style lights without splice connectors are not involved in this recall. The l