FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – ACR Electronics, Inc. is
notifying dealers, distributors and customers that a
small percentage of GlobalFix iPRO EPIRBs may not
activate manually and is voluntarily issuing a limited
recall notice, it stated in a recent statement.
The company said, through its ongoing quality assurance
processes, it discovered that some of the witness seal
tabs used in the manual activation of the GlobalFix iPRO
required the application of excessive force to put the
switch into its correct position. The water activation
feature works separately and is not affected by the
manual switch. According to ACR, the manual switch
assembly will require re-working on a very limited range
of GlobalFix iPRO units shipped to market. No other ACR
EPIRB units are affected.
This condition, according to ACR Electronics, could
exist in a maximum of 400 units built within serial
number range of 1,000 to 1,699. The 400 units could be
either the P/N #2846 Category I (automatic deploy) or
P/N #2848 Category II (manual deploy) model. iPROs with
serial numbers outside of this limited recall range are
not affected by this notice. The company has asked
anyone owning a GlobalFix iPRO falling within the
suspect serial number range to contact ACR’s Customer
Service Department immediately at 954-862-2110 or
nbuckle@acrelectronics.com.
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