Blowers recalled by Intertex due to fire hazard

Intertex is recalling about 189,000 B-Air, BlueDri, BlueDri Pro, and Soleaire Blowers in the United States and about 8,153 in Canada.

The utility outlets on the side of the blowers aren’t protected by a circuit breaker. If the outlet becomes overloaded or short-circuited, it could overheat, posing a fire hazard.

No incidents or injuries have been reported.

This recall involves several models of centrifugal and axial blowers sold under the B-Air, BlueDri, BlueDri Pro, and Soleaire brands. Each blower has convenience outlets on the side of the unit to allow the blowers to be “daisy chained” – several blowers plugged together in series – or other devices to be plugged in.

These blowers were sold in a variety of models and colors. Model numbers can be found on the rear of the products.

MODEL	BRAND	DESCRIPTION	MSRP
VP-33	B-Air®	AIR MOVER 1/3 HP	$209
PB-25	B-Air®	AXIAL AIR MOVER 1/4 HP	$299
FX-1	B-Air®	COMPACT AIR MOVER 1/4 HP	$119
GP-33	B-Air®	AIR MOVER 1/3 HP	$260
BD-ONE-29	BlueDri	AIR MOVER 1/3 HP	$158
BDPRO-33	BlueDri Pro	AIR MOVER 1/3 HP	$179
BD AXIAL-25	BlueDri Pro	AXIAL AIR MOVER 1/4 HP	$249
Jetster	Soleaire	AIR MOVER 1/3 HP	$159

The blowers were sold at Home Depot and Lowes stores nationwide and online at www.aerindustries.com, www.amazon.com, www.ebay.com, www.homedepot.com, and www.lowes.com from January 2008 through July 2020 for between $120 and $300.

Consumers should immediately stop using the convenience outlets on the side of the recalled blowers and contact Intertex for a free repair, the company and U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission advise. Consumers with recalled units will receive a free cordset adapter with an integrated circuit breaker.

For more information, call Intertex at 800-465-7300 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, email [email protected], or visit www.b-air.com.

For details on other recalls, go to www.recalls.gov.