The Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning consumers to immediately stop using PowRyte pressure washers because they lack an integrated immersion protection device on or near the power plug. The agency says the omission creates a risk of serious injury or death from shock and electrocution.
The October 22 warning says Powell Works, Inc., of China has not responded to requests for a recall. It does not announce a company refund, replacement or return program.
What is missing
CPSC says the pressure washers lack an integrated immersion protection device on or near the plug, also known as a Ground-Fault Circuit-Interrupter, or GFCI. That missing protection is the hazard identified in the agency's notice.
The incident field reports one incident of a unit lacking a GFCI. It does not describe an injury or electrocution. That report should not be read as a count of people harmed.
Which products the warning describes
The washers are green with black and come with accessories including a hose, multiple quick-connect nozzles and a foam cannon. The source page includes a photograph showing a PowRyte washer with four nozzles and a foam cannon.
CPSC says the products were sold online through Amazon and eBay for between $92 and $320, and were manufactured in China.
The warning does not give a model number, sales-date range or number of units. Its identification information is the brand, physical description, accessories and product photograph; it does not provide a serial-number list for owners to check.
CPSC's instructions
The agency urges consumers to stop using the washers immediately and destroy them by unplugging first, then cutting the power cord and disposing of them. It also says not to sell or give away the hazardous washers.
People who experienced a safety incident with the product are asked to report it through CPSC's SaferProducts reporting service. Those are the agency's public instructions; the notice does not describe an agreed remedy from Powell Works.