Difference between revisions of "Exploding batteries"
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| − | Lenovo has recently announced a [http://www.lenovo.com/batteryprogram battery recall program] for some ThinkPad batteries. | + | Lenovo has recently announced a [http://www.lenovo.com/batteryprogram battery recall program] for some ThinkPad batteries. See the [http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml06/06270.html U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission] page for affected part numbers. |
===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
Latest revision as of 03:14, 29 September 2006
Lenovo has recently announced a battery recall program for some ThinkPad batteries. See the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission page for affected part numbers.
Background
Several cases of exploding Li-Ion batteries have been reported lately, for various laptop models. Consequentally, Dell and Apple have issued a recall of some of their laptop battery models containing Sony cells. Some airlines have banned use of Dell and Apple laptop batteries during flights.
There is also a documented case, acknowledged by Lenovo, of a ThinkPad T4x battery explosion. In another case, a 3rd party battery exploded in Alan Cox's laptop.
Earlier, an announcement by Lenovo from 2006-08-17 stated:
- While no make or model of battery is 100% immune from failures or overheating, to date we have not seen any unusual pattern of problems in Lenovo or ThinkPad notebooks. Lenovo is not planning a battery recall at this time.
