Almost 200,000 ceiling fans sold at Home Depot are recalled after blades spin off and hit people

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/12/30/almost-200000-ceiling-fans-sold-at-home-depot-are-recalled-after-blades-spin-off-and-hit-people.html

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The NYTimes article had as a related link, Amazon recalls doorbells after a number of them catch fire. Oops

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Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!

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Fan: It’s a FEATURE!!

Ring doorbells: A local security company is already hawking their stuff as a replacement for the Ring security system because, "It will burn your house down!"

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Those guillotine prototypes weren’t supposed to be released yet, certainly not in such large numbers.

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Guess they tried to rebrand the failed CeilingBlender 3000 and it wasn’t worth the lawsuits after all.

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Sounds like one of the weaker Doctor Who plots.

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We need to recall these faulty fans, chop, chop!

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Rebrand.
Should not be a problem any more.

Sling, blade!

Hampton Bay, I await your PM so we can talk about my consultant’s fee.

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Xmas song: Falling from the ceiling, BONK, BONK, BONK!

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It is on brand for 2020 I guess.

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