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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. Pop goes the power supply. by shotgunefx · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Having a ton of equipment in my house, I had on occasion wondered if something like that could happen. A couple months back I had a netgear hub start acting whacky, later that day I heard a loud crack which at first I thought was a gunshot.

    It turns out it was the powersupply exploding. The plastic top blew off hard enough to make a mark in the ceiling. Examaning the supply, it looks like it was a tiny chip in the adapter. Part of it was not melted so much as cauliflower looking like a silicon STD. Perhaps they were made by Innova?

    This was only my second experience of something frying in all my years of computing but I do wonder what the actual rates of this type of failures.
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  2. Time to by stock in shipping companies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What is the shipping charge for weight of 2.1 million UPS units? Both directions...

    Yikes...