Brivis to conduct national rework of evaporative coolers

Climate systems company Brivis has issued a media release announcing that it will undertake a national rework of some of its evaporative coolers.

Below is the media release in full:

MEDIA RELEASE

Friday, 12 December 2008

BRIVIS TO CONDUCT NATIONAL REWORK OF EVAPORATIVE COOLERS

Brivis today announced that it was undertaking a national rework of some of its evaporative air coolers.

The rework involves upgrading the fan motor starting device in some evaporative coolers installed between 1 August 2001 and 31 October 2003. The Company identified a potential defect in the supply fan motor starting device which, in rare cases, property damage and/or personal injury could result. This rework will be free of charge.

“After extensive testing by an independent laboratory and discussions with Energy Safe Victoria (ESV), we have launched a national rework program for the affected models,” said Mr Craig Hogan, Brivis’ Managing Director.

“This work will be done by technicians on the sites where the unit has been installed and owners of the premises will be informed of our plans.

“We have advertised in newspapers around Australia and are writing to all known customers. We will carry out the work as quickly as we can.

“Around 75 per cent of these coolers are in Victoria but as this is a large undertaking we are using additional external resources to assist with the work.

“While we are writing to our customers, anybody who installed Brivis evaporative coolers during this time is invited to contact us on 1800 754 553 or visit our dedicated recall website at www.briviscoolerrework.com.au.

“Although the problem described above has been rare, we ask affected customers to not operate their unit until we have performed the required rework.

“We deeply regret the inconvenience that this will cause but believe it to be in our customers' best interest as a precautionary measure,” said Mr Hogan.

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