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Aiper Elite Pro Cordless Robotic Pool Vacuum Cleaners Recalled for Burn/Fire Hazard

S3 · 08/24
2023 · Aiper · USA

Record

Company	Aiper
Category	consumer robotics
Type	recall
Date	08/24 2023
Time of day	not documented
Location	USA
Severity	S3 (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault)
Scale	~22,000 units
Confidence	medium
Verification	Yes - adversarially checked against the cited source
Source	KIRO 7 News Seattle / ABC27 (CPSC recall notice)

What happened

About 22,000 Aiper cordless robotic pool vacuum cleaners were recalled in the US due to a battery/charging defect posing burn and fire hazards.

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