PSA: Users of Lenovo Go USB-C Power Banks take be aware: the firm has issued a recall for the gadget due to considerations that it might burst into flames. There has already been one report of this taking place, by which the fire precipitated minimal property harm with no accidents.
The recall discover from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission states that house owners can test if their gadget is a kind of affected by trying for half quantity 40ALLG2WWW and mannequin quantity PBLG2W on the label.
If these numbers match up, test the manufacturing date on the label. The recalled units have the manufacturing date of twenty-two/01, 22/02, 22/03, 22/04, 22/05 or 22/06.
The danger stems from inside screws inside the power financial institution that may come unfastened. These can drop between the cowl rib and the cell printed circuit board and trigger a brief circuit and overheating of the 20,000 mAh lithium-ion rechargeable battery, posing a fire hazard.
Lenovo advises customers to cease utilizing the gadget and get in touch with the firm for a free substitute in addition to directions for correct disposal of lithium-ion batteries in accordance to native and state rules. You can name Lenovo straight on 1-866-989-0515 or use an internet kind on the firm’s web site.
Around 2,850 of the $100 Go USB-C Laptop Power Banks had been bought in the US. The Canadian authorities’s web site additionally lists the same recall for the 507 units bought in Canada.
This is not the first time Lenovo has issued a recall over potential fire hazards, although the most up-to-date one occurred a number of years in the past. There was a voluntary recall for a selected batch of ThinkPad X1 Carbon laptops in 2018. Manufactured from December 2016 to November 2017, some units had a unfastened screw that might harm the battery and trigger overheating to the extent that it posed a fire danger. There was additionally a recall for greater than half 1,000,000 defective AC power cables in 2014 that might overheat.