Wednesday, May 22, 2013
The risk of small children ingesting button batteries has prompted the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada to recently announce a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. As always, knowledge of the batteries being used in you child’s toys and how to [...]
Asurion Corp., the largest global provider of wireless handset insurance and wireless roadside assistance programs, has its center in Smyrna, Tenn. recalling about 470,000 counterfeit batteries for refurbished BlackBerry PDAs because they overheat posing burns and fires- The following product safety recall was voluntarily conducted by the firm in cooperation with the CPSC. Consumers should [...]
AMX of Richardson, Texas and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are voluntarily recalling rechargeable batteries sold with MVP 5000 Series Wireless Touch Panels. The recall was announced after discovering the battery pack can overheat and rupture, as reported by the CPSC. This recall involves AMX 5000 series (MVP-5100, MVP-5150, MVP-5200i) wireless touch panels. [...]
The following product safety recall was voluntarily conducted by the firm in cooperation with the CPSC. Consumers should stop using the product immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Rechargeable Batteries for Cordless Phones Units: About 1,400
Citing rare instances of failing batteries posing the risk of overheating or fire, Packard Bell has recalled the batteries found in some of it’s EasyNote notebook computers. The models affected by Packard Bell’s recall are it’s MX36, MX37, MX51, and MX52 notebooks which were sold mostly throughout Europe and manufactured by a third party in [...]
There are recalls, and then there are RECALLS. The latest recall by Nokia, the world’s largest cellphone manufacturer, falls under the latter as it’s being reported that the total number of battery chargers being recalled could be as high as 14 million. The principle reason for this particular recall has to do with the plastic [...]
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Coby Electronics has announced a recall of nearly 20,000 rechargeable batteries sold with it’s portable DVD players between January 2007 and September 2009. The electronics manufacturer says they may overheat, creating a fire hazard. So far they have
One of the world’s leading medical technology companies, Medtronic, Inc., has recently warned doctors that approximately 6,300 of the company’s implanted heart devices have battery drainage problems that could reduce the life-span of these batteries. Apparently certain batches of Medtronic’s Concerto and Virtuoso devices, specifically those manufactured in 2006, are said by Medtronic to be affected [...]
Computer manufacturer Lenovo has issued a recall for six of it’s ThinkPad models. Apparently, some of the T60/T61/R60/R61/X60/X61 model batteries are failing to perform as they should, leaving many ThinkPad owners with short capacity batteries or batteries that can’t be charged at all.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Griffin International Cos. announced a voluntary recall of the Psyclone Essentials and React Wii(tm) 4-Dock Battery Recharge Stations. According to the CPSC, the battery pack can overheat and pose a burn or fire hazard. There have been six incidents of overheating and two consumers have reported minor burns [...]
This article shows you how to clean corroded motorcycle battery terminals. The same technique can be used for all lead-acid [...]
In most cases, the Yuasa YTX14-BS motorcycle battery is not factory sealed with electrolyte. This means the customer is responsible [...]
