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June 21, 2005 - Belkin Recall of Batteries Sold with Bluetooth GPS Navigation System
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Belkin Corporation of Compton, Calif. is voluntarily recalling about 10,300 Li-Polymer battery packs sold with Bluetooth Global Positioning System (GPS) Navigation Systems. The battery can overheat, expand, and possibly rupture, creating an explosion or fire hazard.
June 22, 2005 - Battery-Biz Recall of Notebook Computer Batteries
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Battery-Biz® Inc., of Newbury Park, Calif. is voluntarily recalling about 10,000 Hi-Capacity® rechargeable notebook computer batteries. An internal short can cause the battery cells to overheat, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
June 14, 2005 - Razor USA Recall of PowMax Battery Chargers Sold with Razor Electric Scooters, Motorcycles and Go Karts
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Razor USA LLC, of Cerritos, Calif., is voluntarily recalling about 584,000 PowMax battery chargers sold with certain Razor battery-powered scooters and ride-on vehicles. The battery charger can overheat and cause minor burns when touched. Also, nearby items can become damaged by the hot chargers.
June 8, 2005 - Mintek Digital Inc. Recall of Portable DVD Player Batteries
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Mintek Digital Inc. of Anaheim, Calif., is voluntarily recalling about 116,000 portable DVD player battery packs. The battery can overheat and explode while recharging, posing a burn and fire hazard to consumers.
May 20, 2005 - Apple Recall of iBook and PowerBook Computer Batteries
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Apple Computer Inc., of Cupertino, Calif., is voluntarily recalling about 128,000 rechargeable batteries for iBook G4 and PowerBook G4 computers. An internal short can cause the battery cells to overheat, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
March 23, 2005- Thomson Inc. Recall of Portable DVD Player Batteries
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Thomson Inc., of Indianapolis, Ind., is voluntarily recalling about 47,000 Portable DVD player batteries. The battery can overheat and explode while recharging, posing a burn and fire hazard to consumers.
December 14, 2004- Psion Teklogix Corp.Recall of AC Power Adapters
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Psion Teklogix Corp., a subsidiary of Psion Teklogix Inc., of Ontario, Canada is voluntarily recalling 682 AC power adapters for Psion Teklogix notebook computers. The adapters can overheat, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
November 9, 2004- Black Diamond Equipment Recall of Headlamp Batteries
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Black Diamond Equipment Ltd., of Salt Lake City, Utah. is voluntarily recalling about 1,000 Soliras Headlamp Lithium Ion Batteries. The headlamp battery may overheat, posing a burn or fire hazard to users.
October 28, 2004- Kyocera Wireless Corp. Recall of Cell Phone Batteries
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Hecmma Group, of El Paso, Texas. is voluntarily recalling about 1 million batteries in Kyocera Wireless Cell Phones . Some of the cell phone batteries supplied by the battery manufacturer may be counterfeit. This can cause the batteries to short-circuit, overheat and pose burn hazard to consumers.
October 08, 2004- Dell Inc. Recall of AC Adapters for Notebook Computers
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Dell Inc., of Round Rock, Texas is voluntarily recalling about 990,000 AC adapters used with notebook personal computers. The adapters can overheat, posing a risk of fire and electrical shock hazards to consumers.
September 2, 2004 - IBM Recall of AC Adapters for Notebook Computers
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), International Business Machines (IBM) Corp., of Armonk, N.Y. is voluntarily recalling about 225,000 AC Power Adapters. The adapters can overheat, cause damage to the circuit board and melt through the housing, which poses a fire and electrical shock hazard to consumers.
August 17, 2004- Belkin Corp. Recall of Rackmount Uninterruptible PowerSupplies
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Belkin Corp., of Compton, Calif. is voluntarily recalling about 1,200 Rackmount uninterruptible power supplies. The UPS outputs were wired incorrectly creating a reverse polarity configuration and a potential electrical shock hazard to consumers.
July 1, 2004- Dell Inc. Recall of Power Adapters for Notebook Computers
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Dell Inc., of Round Rock, Texas is voluntarily recalling about 28,000 Power adapters for notebook computers. Using power cords not intended for these adapters can pose a shock hazard.
June 24, 2004- Verizon Wireless Recall of Counterfeit Cell Phone Batteries
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Verizon Wireless of Bedminster, N.J. , is voluntarily announcing the recall of about 50,000 counterfeit LG-branded TM-510 cell phone batteries. Some LG-branded TM-510 batteries may be counterfeit and susceptible to overcharging, especially if used with a non-LG charger. LG Infocomm U.S.A. Inc. states that these are counterfeit LG-branded batteries, which do not contain a safety device in the circuitry to prevent overcharging. In turn, the counterfeit batteries can overheat, posing a fire and burn hazard to users.
June 15, 2004- Basler Electric Co. and Lutron Electronics Recall of Power Supply Units
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Basler Electric Co., of Highland, Ill. is voluntarily recalling 3,000 DC power supply units. The power supply, if overloaded, can overheat, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
June 15, 2004- Associated Electrics Inc. Recall of Battery Chargers for Radio Control Race Cars
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Associated Electrics Inc., of Costa Mesa, Calif. is voluntarily recalling 4,900Reedy Quasar Pro Battery Chargers. A defective fuse and program error in the charger can cause the battery packs being charged to overheat and explode, posing a risk of serious injury to consumers.
June 8, 2004- Targus Recall of International Plug Adapters
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Targus Group International Inc., of Anaheim, Calif., is voluntarily recalling Universal All-in-One Plug Adapters. The adapters may have an electrical wiring problem, posing a shock and fire hazard to consumers.
February 3, 2004- Fuji Batteries Sold with Dorcy Xenon Flashlights Recalled by Dorcy International
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Dorcy International Inc. of Columbus, Ohio, is voluntarily recalling about 20,000 Fuji Power and A&T Fuji Power CR123A 3-volt lithium batteries originally provided with the Dorcy Spyder Tactical Xenon Light (Product 41-4200), also sold in packages of two flashlights under the name Dorcy Xenon Tactical Light. The batteries may overheat, leak, or rupture, presenting a potential for fire and injury.
January 23, 2004- Kyocera Wireless Corp. Recall of Batteries in Smartphone Cell Phones
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Kyocera Wireless Corp., of San Diego, Calif., is voluntarily recalling about 140,000 batteries in Kyocera cell phones. The recalled batteries can short-circuit and erupt with force or emit excessive heat, posing a burn hazard to consumers.
January 21, 2004- Flashlight Batteries Recalled by Browning
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Browning, of Morgan, Utah, is voluntarily recalling about 12,500 Browning CR123A lithium batteries sold with Browning Black Ice flashlights. The batteries can short out, causing the flashlight's canister to rupture and pose injury to the consumer.
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