Bathers shocked: dangerous spas recalled by Bunnings

Big box hardware retailer Bunnings has recalled the 700-litre M-Spa Inflatable Silver Cloud Spa after two reports of people in Victoria receiving minor electric shocks when using the spa.

More than 730 of the potentially dangerous spas with the model number B-110 have been sold between September 2013 and February 2014 across Australia.

Bunnings merchandising and store development director Clive Duncan says the company made the decision to voluntarily recall the spa as a precautionary safety measure.

Testing by energy safety regulator Energy Safe Victoria and Bunnings revealed ineffective insulation of the internal water heating element and the possibility the electrical current could transfer to the control box, water and wet parts of the product.

For more information go to the ACCC recall website.

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