Friday, May 24, 2013
While iPods remain as popular and in demand as ever before, reports that Apple is going to great lengths to cover up alleged malfunctions by the MP3 players have surfaced in recent days. Of note is an investigation done by Consumer Investigator Amy Clancy of KIRO 7 that revealed an “alarming number of Apple brand [...]
Following a series of reports of alleged battery malfunctions, South Korea has pressured Apple into a recall of it’s first-generation iPod Nano. This marks the first time that Apple has ever had to issue a recall for the iPod Nano, a fact that had one of the world’s leading consumer electronics and software manufacturers initially [...]
About 800 BattEQ battery equalizers, manufactured in the United States by SmartSpark Energy Systems Inc. of Champaign, Ill., because they can overheat and pose a risk of fires or burns. The company has received one report of an overheated equalizer that resulted in a fire. So far no injuries have been reported. The recalled equalizers [...]
Nearly two weeks ago, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall of 70,000 lithium-ion batteries used in Hewlett-Packard and Compaq laptops. The HP recall came after two cases were reported of the batteries either heating up or catching on fire. Apparently concern over HP’s malfunctioning batteries is greater than
Following at least two reported cases of batteries catching on fire, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a recall of 70,000 lithium-ion batteries used in Hewlett-Packard and Compaq laptops. As noted by our friends at Tech Report, this particular recall is nowhere near the size of the massive battery recall that
Due to additional information PC manufacturer Dell has received from Sony, the company’s lithium-ion battery supplier, they will be updating their battery-replacement program. Although fewer than 300 units manufactured by Sony have been affected worldwide, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that Dell, among other system manufacturers, has been listed to have certain notebook [...]
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 [...]
