Warning on exploding DVD players
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Warning on exploding DVD players
August 31, 2006 03:00pm
VIDEO may have killed the radio star, but according to Consumer Affairs it's very lucky someone wasn't injured by exploding portable DVD players.
Consumers are being warned not to use the portable Soniq DVD player because the battery pack has exploded in several cases.
More than 15,000 of the players have been sold through JB Hi-Fi Stores across Australia between June 13, 2005 and July 2, 2006.
Consumer Affairs Minister Jennifer Rankine has asked the retailer to recall the item and replace the dangerous compenent. She said she was surprised someone had not been seriosuly injured by the exploding battery.
"A (South Australian) consumer was using this DVD player when the battery pack exploded, causing a fire and damaging their carpet," Ms Rankine said.
Consumer Affairs knows of three confirmed cases of the exploding DVD players in SA.
The aftermath of an exploding battery in the Soniq portable DVD player. Picture: GREG HIGGS -
Make way for flaming DVD players
Laptops are so last week
By Charlie Demerjian: Tuesday 05 September 2006, 06:20
ONE THING PEOPLE tend to ignore about exploding laptops is that that it is not the laptops that explode, it is the batteries that get a tad too hot under the collar. The problem is that the batteries are in a lot of high end consumer electronics, not just laptops.
You have no doubt heard about phones popping, their batteries are far too small to violently explode sending shrapnel all over a room, but they can hurt you if they are in your pocket, or worse yet, cause a fire. Other consumer electronics have large lithium batteries also, and one such device, a portable DVD player, has shown a tendency to catch fire as well.
What do you do? Don't panic, don't freak out, just keep them on non-flamable surfaces when not in use, and have a charged fire extinguisher in the house. Chances are minuscule that it will happen to you anyway, on the grand scale of bad things, black plague, meteors and rampaging zebras are a much higher risk. Just be aware of the risks, and if the things feel really hot, let them cool off for a bit and you should be fine. -
nightzip must be an explosion-enthusiast
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Battery who made de? Sony I guess?
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Shall we close this thread before those militants see it...
Will we have exploding dvd bombs next? -
How to make a bomb as flat as a disc?
If technology improves to such a state one day, everything will be banned.