We received a letter last week from Oxmoor House of Birmingham, Alabama as a result last month of their recall of just under 1 million home improvement books published between January 1975 through December 2009. The Consumer Product Safety Commission is behind the recall and said it was necessary even though no incidents have been reported as a result of the information in the books.

Seems the books contain errors in technical diagrams and wiring instructions that may cause people to be shocked or may cause a fire hazard. You would think that more than a few folks at Oxmoor House would have read these books a few times over the years and found the errors a long time ago. On second thought, I don’t grab my wiring books off the shelf when I am looking for something to do so I can see why no one read through them much after all of these years.

If you have any of these books, Oxmoor will provide a full refund according to their letter and you can contact them at 866 696-7602.

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