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APC Recalls 2.1 Million UPS Units

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the live-wires dept.

Controlio writes "Check your cubicles. APC has recalled two of its Back-UPS CS models, the Back-UPS CS 350 and Back-UPS CS 500, in both the 120 volt and 230-volt flavors. The units were sold between November of 2000 and December of 2002. The affected units have the potential to overheat, melting the outer casing and causing a potential fire hazard. Yikes."

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  1. APC will remarket the ones returned: by saskboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    These returned UPS's will be resold as UFS's

    Unstoppable Fire Supplies.

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    1. Re:APC will remarket the ones returned: by baywulf · · Score: 5, Funny

      More like "Unstoppable Pyrotechnic Sources".

    2. Re:APC will remarket the ones returned: by Lebannen · · Score: 1, Funny

      UPS, pronounced 'Oops'.

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  2. Nooooo!!! by oateater · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why do I have to return my huge brown truck??!?!?! WHY!!!!



    ooooohhhhhh UPS "UNITS"!, my battery backup. I won't miss that at all, thank god i can keep my truck.

    1. Re:Nooooo!!! by Xaoswolf · · Score: 1, Funny
      Well then I guess you can use your Big Brown Truck to take my flaming units away. Oh, please wear those little shorts also...

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  3. UPS by ez76 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Unexpected
    Pyrotechnics
    Show

    1. Re:UPS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Unpleasant
      Plastic
      Smell

  4. Uninterruptible Power Supply? by Dr.+Photo · · Score: 4, Funny
    Hah!

    "Uninterruptible," my ass!

    1. Re:Uninterruptible Power Supply? by micromoog · · Score: 3, Funny
      At my previous job, all us developers had UPS units on their workstations. We also had mini-fridges in our cubes.

      Let me guess, all of your former co-workers now refer to that company as their "previous job" . . .

  5. Useful by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Now those crazy Swedes can just use a UPS to heat their Sauna car.

  6. Uh oh by CountZero007 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can't tell which model mine is, all thw text melted off...

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  7. My Mother-In-Law by Foddrick · · Score: 2, Funny

    Thank heavens that a) My mother-in-law does not read slashdot and b) knows that I have one of these. She is convinced that any machine left turned on is a fire hazard. Now this would just add fuel to her ... oops :)

  8. Re:APC will remarket the ones returned by johnraphone · · Score: 2, Funny

    wow, if AMD and APC combine forces they can burn down and catch nearly everything on fire. :)

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  9. I'm keeping mine. by Hubert_Shrump · · Score: 4, Funny

    When the lights go out - I don't know about you - but I want to huddle around the UPS, tell ghost stories, and roast marshmallows.

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    1. Re:I'm keeping mine. by Buck2 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Call me CRAAZY but I ain't gonna huddle 'round no UPS fire with some guy named "Shrump".

      Miss Titties, maybe, YEAH. Shrump, nooo!

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  10. UPS... by tetro · · Score: 1, Funny

    U Piece of Shiat after your home gets burned down

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  11. What if I don't want to return it? by bonsai_kitty · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think I *could* give it to my boss.... Because I really do miss that nifty red StreamLine stapler he stole (mumbles something).

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  12. Can't miss 'em.... by djupedal · · Score: 2, Funny

    black smoke...bad smell....some flames.... Shreiking secretaries running away from the source of all this combustion. You'll know them when you see them.

    jokes aside...me thinks you should visit the manuf. website, and learn how to read S/N/s :) - I'm sure your new-found dedication to safety will be appreciated by all concerned.

  13. Re:Maybe this explains why ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Holy fuck. I've never actually found myself wishing for a goatse link before.

  14. My APC UPS catch on fire... by mobieee · · Score: 1, Funny

    My replacment APC UPS catch on fire while I was on the phone with APC tech support. My first APC UPS kept on rebooting every second week. It had a firmware bug. My last replacement (second) APC UPS has been ok. Do I trust it? Heck no.

  15. Re:Best URL by lostchicken · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...one made out of asbestos...
    A whole new way of enforcing "no user serviceable parts inside".

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