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iRobot Clean Base for Roomba i7+ recalled in Canada over electrical short hazard

S3 · 12/21
2020 · iRobot

Record

Company	iRobot
Category	consumer robotics
Type	recall
Date	12/21 2020
Time of day	not documented
Location	no physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record)
Severity	S3 (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault)
Scale	11,971 units (Canada)
Confidence	high
Verification	Cited source on file; not independently re-verified
Source	Health Canada / Recalls.gc.ca

What happened

Health Canada recalled roughly 11,971 iRobot Clean Base units for Roomba i7+ vacuums after finding that ingested liquid could reach the circuit board and cause a short circuit, an electrical/fire hazard. No injuries had been reported as of the recall date.

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