PSA: Customers of Lenovo Go USB-C Energy Banks take word: the corporate has issued a recall for the system resulting from issues that it may burst into flames. There has already been one report of this taking place, during which the fireplace precipitated minimal property harm with no accidents.
The recall discover from the US Shopper Product Security Fee states that house owners can verify if their system is a type of affected by searching for half quantity 40ALLG2WWW and mannequin quantity PBLG2W on the label.
If these numbers match up, verify the manufacturing date on the label. The recalled models have the manufacturing date of twenty-two/01, 22/02, 22/03, 22/04, 22/05 or 22/06.
The chance stems from inside screws throughout the energy financial institution that may come unfastened. These can drop between the duvet 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 hearth hazard.
Lenovo advises customers to cease utilizing the system and speak to the corporate for a free alternative in addition to directions for correct disposal of lithium-ion batteries based on native and state laws. You possibly can name Lenovo instantly on 1-866-989-0515 or use an internet type on the corporate’s web site.
Round 2,850 of the $100 Go USB-C Laptop computer Energy Banks had been bought within the US. The Canadian authorities’s web site additionally lists an analogous recall for the 507 models bought in Canada.
This is not the primary time Lenovo has issued a recall over potential hearth hazards, although the latest 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 models had a unfastened screw that would harm the battery and trigger overheating to the extent that it posed a hearth danger. There was additionally a recall for greater than half one million defective AC energy cables in 2014 that would overheat.
