Communication and media equipment
Serious risk Burns, Fire, Injuries
- Description
- Hewlett Packard/Compaq Notebook computer battery packs. Type/number of model: Compaq M2000, Compaq nx4800, Compaq Presario V2000, HP Pavilion dv1000 and HP Pavilion ze2000 series.Description: Lithium ion rechargeable battery packs for various HP and Compaq Notebook computers. All potentially affected packs have a date code starting with L3. The date code is embedded in a code printed on an adhesive label affixed to the inner surface of the battery pack.
- Risk
- The simultaneous occurrence of two occasional and independent defects internal to the battery pack can over time lead to some of the battery cells overcharging, which in turn may cause them to overheat and melt, char or breach the plastic case, posing a risk of burns, cuts, contusion and/or fire hazard.
- Measures
- Voluntary recall of the product by the producer
- Notifying country
- United Kingdom
- Country of origin
- Republic of Korea
- Alert type
- Consumer
- Photos
- Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.
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