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DIY Cold Plunge Recalls Sauna Heater Kits Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Fire Hazard — CPSC recall 26349
Published notice; closure not supplied
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Source date Mar 26, 2026. Retrieved Oct 1, 2026. Last updated Oct 1, 2026.
Archive changed Oct 1, 2026. USDA FSIS records are unavailable; check FSIS directly. Source coverage and dates.
What the record says
- Product
- This recall involves the DIY Sauna Heater Kit. The product is a do-it-yourself kit for consumers to assemble a heating fixture with four heat-lamp bulbs (sold separately) and a metal enclosure intended for use in a separate do-it-yourself sauna enclosure, for which carpentry plans are sold separately. The Sauna Heater Kit includes a stainless steel cage (which weighs about 16 lbs., and measures 12"H x 12"W x 8"D when assembled), screws/bolts for assembly, four ceramic bulb sockets, three wire connectors, two ground pigtails, and a three-prong power cord. The recalled Sauna Heater Kit is intended to attach to a customer-built wood frame.
- Reason
- Electrical conductors within the sauna heater kits can overheat, posing a fire hazard and risk of serious injury or death.
- Classification
- Not supplied
- Recalling firm
- Plunge Buddy LLC, doing business as DIY Cold Plunge, of North Mankato, Minnesota
- Quantity
- About 675 (In addition, about 14 were sold in Canada)
- Agency-reported status
- Published recall notice
- Source record identifier
- 26349
Lot and product identifiers
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Distribution
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Dates in the source
- Last publish date
- Mar 27, 2026
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