Victory Innovations has recalled about 405,000 backpack sprayers because the lithium-ion battery, which powers the sprayer, can overheat and melt, potentially causing a fire or an explosion.

To make every dollar count, Victory and its distributors will be working with school district administrators to make electrostatic spraying even more accessible through greatly expanded incentives.

This recall involves Victory Innovations and Protexus-branded cordless handheld and backpack electrostatic sprayers used to disinfect surfaces.

Victory Innovations has recalled about 405,000 electrostatic sprayers with lithium-ion battery packs due to explosion and fire.

This covers cordless handheld and backpack-carried electrostatic sprayers that Victory Innovations sold under the self-named brand and the Protexus brand.

The Carlyle Group will acquire a majority stake in Minneapolis-based Victory Innovations, a maker of high-tech electrostatic sprayers used to disinfect offices, airplanes, schools and other ...

The recall affects Victory Innovations and Protexus Electrostatic Sprayers which were sold at chemical and cleaning supply distributors nationwide and online from January 2016 through November 2020… ...

Incidents/Injuries: Victory Innovations has received 37 reports of the lithium-ion battery pack in the electrostatic sprayers overheating, catching on fire or exploding, some of which resulted in ...