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U.S. CPSC June 3, 2004 |
Electrolux Home Products Recall of Air Conditioning/Heating Units The heating coil in the units can be damaged during assembly, causing an electrical short and overheating, which poses a fire hazard to consumers. |
U.S. CPSC February 10, 2005 |
Shimano American Corp. Brake Inner Cable Recall The bicycle brake cable can detach during braking, causing the rider to lose control and fall. |
U.S. CPSC August 30, 2007 |
B&F System Inc. Recalls Emergency Tool Kits Due to Fire and Shock Hazards Booster cables in the recalled kits can have undersized wiring and inadequate connections, posing a fire and shock hazard to consumers. |
U.S. CPSC December 13, 2007 |
AutoZone Recalls Booster Cables Due to Electrical Hazard The booster cables clamps were assembled incorrectly resulting in reverse polarity. This poses an electrical shock and explosion hazard to consumers. |
U.S. CPSC October 2, 2003 |
Technuity Inc. Recall of Back-Up Power Supply Systems When used in conjunction with another power protection device, the power supply device can spark, posing a fire hazard to consumers. |
U.S. CPSC August 22, 2008 |
Power Light Modules Recalled by GCI Technologies Due to Fire and Burn Hazards Internal wiring in the module's circuit boards is incorrectly installed, posing a risk of an electrical fire and burn hazards to consumers. |
U.S. CPSC May 31, 2005 |
Cables To Go Recall of Power Adapters Sold with Go!Data Drive Enclosures A component inside the adapters can overheat, posing a risk of fire or electrical shock. |
U.S. CPSC April 18, 2006 |
CCH Inc. Recalls Mountain Climbing Camming Anchor Due to Fall Hazard The cables that support climbers using these devices can fail, causing climbers to fall. |
U.S. CPSC June 14, 2011 |
General Electric, Sharp Recalls GE Air Conditioning and Heating Units Due to Fire Hazard An electrical component in the heating system can fail, posing a fire hazard to consumers. |
U.S. CPSC October 3, 2006 |
FreeMotion Fitness Inc. Recalls Exercise Machines - Weights Can Unexpectedly Drop, Hit Users The selector pin for the weight plates can slip out of its slot if the edges of the pin are worn, allowing the weights to drop suddenly. Falling weight plates can hit consumers using the machines. |
U.S. CPSC August 22, 2007 |
Children's Charm Bracelets Sold by Buy-Rite Recalled Due to Risk of Lead Exposure The recalled jewelry contains high levels of lead. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects. |
U.S. CPSC June 9, 2006 |
Extreme Engineering Recalls Wall Climbing Cable Assemblies Due to Fall Hazard A fracture in the cable eye, or the round metal tube that holds the cable, could reduce the overall strength of the cable assembly. A failed cable assembly would result in a free-fall hazard for the climber. |
U.S. CPSC December 12, 2007 |
Fishing Games Sold at Grocery Stores Recalled by Far East Brokers Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard The recalled game has parts that contain excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard. |
PC Magazine November 30, 2010 Lynn & Jacobowitz |
How To Make Ethernet Cables Need a 5-inch straight-through Ethernet cable? A 37-foot crossover cable? Tired of miles of extra cable coiled around your desk? Sure, you could probably buy custom cables online, but with a spool of Cat5 and a $10 crimper you can make your own, for less. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2005 |
Custom cable assemblies with rugged construction Aved Electronics Inc. is offering custom-engineered and manufactured cable assemblies for critical electrical and communications applications in harsh environments. |
Home Toys April 2005 Bill Gambrell |
AViC Cable After testing BetterCables, Silver Serpent Reference and Bolder Cables against AVIC cables, the better-priced AViC cables showed no difference in video performance. |
Home Toys August 2005 Adam Blake |
A Technical Introduction to Audio Cables As audio systems continue to improve in accuracy, listening to a "live" performance in your living room gets closer to reality. Cables are an enabling factor for advancements in audio reproduction and can play a remarkably important role in your system. |
PC Magazine January 12, 2005 Rich Fisco |
USB Cables I have noticed that some USB cables are labeled and sold as USB 2.0. Are there physical differences between USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 cables? Can I use a 1.1 cable with a 2.0 device? |
Home Toys December 2005 Michael Weizer |
Going the Distance With HDMI New products break the barriers If you're looking to setup an audio/video system in a home or business, HDMI connectivity is certainly worth considering. |
PC World April 2004 Stan Miastkowski |
Conquer Multimedia-Center Cable Clutter Five steps to an orderly home theater and media center. |
Home Toys February 2004 Frank Koditek |
Selecting a Structured Cabling System for Home Networking, Automation and Entertainment It makes sound business sense for homeowners to take the time to research the residential cabling system marketplace and apply the same value-based thinking to selecting a cabling system as they do in selecting their home. |
Popular Mechanics March 2008 Roy Berendsohn |
The Internet Kitchen: Expand Counter Space for Plugs, TV & More Suggestions on how to make your home more digital friendly. |
This Old House Steve Hayes |
Future-proof Wiring Feeding your home's ever-growing need for information-carrying capacity... |
Home Toys June 2005 John E. Johnson |
Speaker Cables and Interconnects for Your Home Theater Out of all audio and video components we buy, perhaps the most misunderstood and underestimated are the cables we connect them all together with. Selecting cables for your home theater system is an important task. |
PC World June 2002 Stan Miastkowski |
Step-By-Step: Eight Tips to Tame Cables You've lived with that tangle of cords behind your PC long enough... |
IndustryWeek December 15, 2010 |
General Cable Franklin Plant: IW Best Plants Profile 2010 Creating a Quality Culture: With materials representing 77% of costs, General Cable Franklin takes a creative approach to understanding the key drivers that cause defects. |
Home Toys December 2005 Terry Rossen |
Quality Cables Using the best wiring, cabling is very important in one's stereo or home theater system. Quality control and quality of the cable components, will affect the long term musicality in ones system. |
Home Toys June 2002 Mark McCall |
Atlas CAT5 Tester The small but perfectly formed Atlas is a CAT5 "network cable analyzer". It is supplied in a foam-filled custom hard plastic case along with 2 patch leads, 2 terminators and even a spare battery. |
PC Magazine May 2, 2008 Frank Washburn |
Will Internet Sabotage Hit Home? After an underwater network cable was damaged in South Asia, many are left wondering whether it was deliberate and whether it could happen here. |
InternetNews February 7, 2008 |
International Internet Cables May be Fixed by Weekend Following last week's blackout, South Asia, Persian Gulf regions ready for undersea cable restoration. |
PC World September 2005 Sean Captain |
The Cable Game Salespeople may tell you that exotic video cables deliver a better picture. But the results of our exclusive lab tests could save you money. |
InternetNews February 5, 2008 |
Repairs Start on Cut Undersea Cable After last week's Internet blackout, teams work to restore service in Egypt, Persian Gulf and south Asia. |
InternetNews February 1, 2008 |
North Africa, Asia Recovering From Internet Outage India's Internet capacity at 80 percent after cable break. |
Home Toys August 2005 Stan Palguyev |
HDMI / DVI Connectivity Before you order a set of cables for yourself or your company, make sure which type fits your application the best. Fiber optic vs. copper. Which is right for you? |
PC Magazine May 31, 2006 Eric S. Fellen |
Wire It Yourself Carving holes in walls may seem like a no-no, but it's the only way to run (and hide) Ethernet, television cables, and even extra power jacks. Here's how. |
This Old House Curtis Rist |
Two Good Reasons You Should Buy Fiber-Optic Lighting Fiber-optic lighting can save energy and mean the end of hard-to-change light bulbs. |
Popular Mechanics January 2008 Seth Porges |
Brand-Name HDMI Cables: Are They Worth It? Do brand-name cables really deliver a better picture? To find out, we pit two of them against a cheap generic cord in a blind test. |
Home Toys April 2006 Minsoo Park |
When it Comes to HDMI/DVI Connectivity, You Have Two Choices: Copper or Fiber Optics. Which is Right for You? Connectivity products such as cables are one investment you will need to live with for at least 10 years. Consider it an investment as cable quality does make a difference and it will stay with your system for a very long time. |
Home Toys October 2004 Jesse Riling & Jeff Wolfgang |
Computer Cable Store The basic steps to installing your own basic wired home network using cabling and hardware. |
National Defense August 2007 Breanne Wagner |
Fiber Optic Cables Help Special Operators Stay Concealed Fiber optic cables that connect tactical radios to antennas up to 10 kilometers away or farther can be useful tools in covert operations. |
Home Toys April 2006 Hagai Gefen |
Home Theaters: Going All-Digital Is the Only Way All-digital systems connected by all-digital cabling, even up to hundreds of feet, allows consumers to immerse themselves in a richer, higher quality, more multi-dimensional viewing and listening experience. |
Home Theater August 30, 2007 Mark Fleischmann |
Monster Brings HDMI Up to Speed The thicket of confusion surrounding HDMI and the marketing magic of the premium-cable industry come together in a glorious new set of assertions by MonsterCable, with products to match. |
The Motley Fool February 12, 2009 Anders Bylund |
General Cable Doesn't Need Stimulus Stimulus plans or no, this infrastructure maven will do fine regardless. |
Home Toys August 2005 Nigel Brent |
Plenum Rated Box Concealing the amplifier and all ceiling mounted projector equipment in one neat box mounted in the ceiling space. |
The Motley Fool August 2, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson |
No Brownouts in General Cable's Growth The company known for making power cables is growing through sales of industrial cables to energy companies, too. But investors need to read carefully here. |
Home Toys October 2002 Prasanna M. Shah |
Structured Wiring For Whole House Music Distribution This article describes ways of taking advantage of structured wiring for whole-house music distribution. |
Home Theater March 28, 2005 |
Coming Attractions Soundations's new F Series support furniture technology... WireWorld's new Rainbow 5.1 analog cable package... |
The Motley Fool July 2, 2010 Anders Bylund |
Losers and Winners of the Next Standard War The high-def revolution has been very, very good to Silicon Image, but the salad days are coming to an end. |
The Motley Fool February 8, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson |
General Cable Has the Power Energy cable demand is improving, and the best may be yet to come. Investors need to take a look at this conservatively managed power player in the cable market. |
PC World March 2001 Steve Bass |
Home Office: PC Problems? Check Your Cables The right cables can keep your modem's connection up to snuff... |