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Kinematic Risk Consumer Bulletin

# Kinematic Risk Consumer Bulletin

**LRRK Watch / Open-Source Intelligence** — Monthly filing. Consumer systems that sense, move, and act in homes and yards.

**Issue type.** Monthly (LC-3). Window = calendar month. Not the weekday 24–48h poll.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Collection cutoff | 31 December 2020 |
| Window | 1–31 December 2020 |
| Series | KRCB-M-2020-12 |
| Status | short |
| Data label | Open-source intelligence // LRRK analytic product |
| Handling | Public-source material. Image rights require separate verification before publication. |
| Scope | Consumer kinematic electronics only (home, yard, companion, educational). |
| Spine | CPSC, Health Canada, EU Safety Gate, UK OPSS, manufacturer pages, named newsrooms, dockets. |
| Color | Forums annotated only. Never Fact without a reputable primary. |

## Executive read

### BLUF

December converts November’s owner warning into a Canada-only official recall. Health Canada RA-74597 (21 December 2020) is an electrical action on the iRobot Clean Base sold with certain Roomba i7+ units. The page says the issue does not involve the robot. As of 8 December 2020: no incidents or injuries in Canada. No matching numbered CPSC page was found.

### Key judgments

1. **[Assessment — High confidence]** RA-74597 is the first official North American regulator page on the i7+ Clean Base liquid-to-PCB path. The recalled object is the dock, not the Roomba i7.
2. **[Assessment — High confidence]** Canada unit count is 11,971; sold July 2018–March 2020; models i755020, 4626191, 4639186, 4699390. Remedy: free fused line cord; some serials get a replacement Clean Base.
3. **[Uncertainty]** A US CPSC twin, and any incident after the 8 December as-of date, remain unpublished.

### Analytic labels
- **Fact** — verified reporting or primary record
- **Assessment** — analytic judgment
- **Inference** — reasoned but not directly observed
- **Uncertainty** — unresolved information gap

### Source grades
- **A1** — authoritative primary record / directly confirmed
- **B1–B2** — generally reliable and corroborated
- **C3** — useful but requires caution

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## 01. Health Canada RA-74597 — Clean Base electrical; dock not the robot

*Event / publication dates: starting / posting 21 December 2020; last updated 21 December 2020; incidents as-of 8 December 2020*

**Product class.** Robot vacuums / mop combos (dock electrical)

**Verified record — [Fact — A1]** Health Canada consumer product recall **RA-74597**, iRobot Clean Base for Roomba® i7+ Robot Vacuum, electrical hazard. The affected product is the automatic dirt-disposal dock for use with certain Roomba i7+ units. It charges the robot and empties the dirt bin into a vacuum bag. Models: **i755020; 4626191; 4639186; 4699390.** “Please note that the issue does not involve the Roomba i7 vacuum itself.”

Hazard: robotic vacuums are for dry floors; when the robot “ingests a significant volume of liquid, the vacuum motor may disperse liquid onto the circuit board inside the Clean Base and cause a short circuit, posing an electrical hazard.” **As of 8 December 2020, there have been no reports of incidents or injuries in Canada.** **11,971** units sold in Canada, July 2018–March 2020. Made in China. Distributor: iRobot Corporation, Bedford, Massachusetts.

Remedy: stop use; contact iRobot for a **free fused line cord** that will trip if liquid causes electrical damage to the circuit board; some affected models may require a **free replacement Clean Base**. Toll-free 1-866-766-6222. [Health Canada RA-74597](https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/irobot-clean-base-roombar-i7-robot-vacuum-recalled-due-electrical-hazard).

No matching numbered CPSC page was located. November’s owner emails are the US-channel precursor, not a CPSC number.

**Threat landscape.** Liquid path from a dry-floor robot into a powered dock. Official injury count is zero in Canada as of the dated company statement. The robot itself is not the recalled object.

**Forum / community notes.**
- none found.

**Intelligence assessment.** [Assessment — High confidence] RA-74597 is the official page that November’s warning lacked. [Inference — Moderate confidence] 11,971 Canada versus TechCrunch’s ~210,000 North America implies most of the fleet is a US customer-care program without a CPSC twin. Costco Canada’s sale window through 14 December 2020 (retailer notice, 23 December) means some units were still being sold after the 3 November warning. [Uncertainty] Uptake of the fused cord; any incidents after 8 December 2020.

**Opportunity.** A CPSC twin page, or a dated update to the Canada incident line.

**LRRK relevance.** Lab (dock PCB). Control Fabric (liquid interlock). Watch: RA-74597 still live. Passport: dock-not-robot as the SKU boundary.

**Confidence.** High on the Health Canada page, the model list, 11,971, the 8 December Canada incident line, and “dock not robot.” Low on unreported incidents after the as-of date.

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## Forward indicators

1. Any CPSC twin to RA-74597, or a dated update to the Canada incident line.
2. Whether i3+ / s9+ docks are later pulled in (they are out of this page).
3. Dexter 20-115 / RA-73227 — still posted; not re-filed.
4. Moxie first customer ship.
5. First 2021 official consumer-robot recall.

> **Collection integrity.** One signal. Five-signal form is not padded. No CPSC, OPSS, or Safety Gate consumer-robot recall dated December 2020 was pinned. **Seen and held (not signals):** Costco.ca retailer notice dated 23 December 2020 (i755020; items 1396915 / 2396915; warehouse refund path) — echo of RA-74597, not a second file; Dexter 20-115 / RA-73227 still posted, no December update; November US owner warning still the US public path, no CPSC number found. Killed: this recall is the Roomba i7 robot; there were Canada injuries; CPSC issued a matching number this month. Forum/Reddit color: none found.

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