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Hey Ed
I see that in Canada it was recalled and a class action suit was filed due to fire hazard. In 1996 the company "closed" but now appears to operate under the name "calorique" Can you shed any light on this.
Epic

Between 1991 and 1996 builders in Canada were installing radiant heat in the ceiling with gyproc or drywall. There was a major concern that it was a fire hazard in this type of construction. A suit was filed against the three major manufacturers as well as CSA for approving it. They were ordered disconnected in 1996. Calorique returned to UL with a new fire retardant laminate and was approved. Flexwatt never shut down. The name change came with a new owner from a french background. The name was calor (warm in french) IQ (intellegent heat) que was for Quebec. I know it sounds a bit like a diet product as opposed to heat but the new owners toyed around with some Irish names but decided due to Calorique being known as the safest, most consistent product they would just keep the name. Hope this helps.