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U.S. CPSC September 12, 2002	Battery Chargers Recalled by Chargetek A manufacturing defect inside the charger can cause overheating of internal connections or external wiring, presenting a fire hazard.
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U.S. CPSC October 8, 2008	Coby Electronics Recalls Rechargeable Batteries Sold with Portable DVD/CD/MP3 Players Due to Fire Hazard The rechargeable batteries can overheat, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
U.S. CPSC August 19, 2008	Hobbico Inc. Recalls Batteries Used In Radio-Controlled Helicopters Due to Fire Hazard The rechargeable battery can overheat and catch fire while charging, igniting nearby combustible materials. This poses a fire hazard to consumers.
U.S. CPSC April 14, 2008	Hobby-Lobby Int'l Recalls Battery Chargers Used with Helicopters Due to Fire Hazard The lithium-polymer batteries can ignite while charging, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
U.S. CPSC June 14, 2005	Razor USA Recall of PowMax Battery Chargers Sold with Razor Electric Scooters, Motorcycles and Go Karts The battery charger can overheat and cause minor burns when touched. Also, nearby items can become damaged by the hot chargers.
U.S. CPSC October 25, 2007	Alltrade Tools Recalls Power Tool Battery Chargers Due to Burn and Laceration Hazards When used with an incompatible charger, the battery pack can overheat and melt during charging, or can explode during use, posing burn, laceration and bruise hazards to consumers.
U.S. CPSC October 15, 2008	Fujifilm Recalls Battery Chargers Due to Shock Hazard The plastic portion of the unit's power plug can crack or detach, posing an electrical shock hazard to consumers.
U.S. CPSC June 15, 2004	Associated Electrics Inc. Recall of Battery Chargers for Radio Control Race Cars A defective fuse and program error in the charger can cause the battery packs being charged to overheat and explode, posing a risk of serious injury to consumers.
U.S. CPSC August 26, 2008	IMS Recalls Car Chargers Used With Halogen Spotlights Sold at Sears and K-Mart Due to Fire and Burn Hazards The car charger is incompatible with the spotlight's battery, which can cause it to overcharge inside of a vehicle and pose a fire or burn hazard to consumers.
U.S. CPSC August 22, 2006	School Specialty Publishing Recalls Children's Science Kits for Thermal Burn Hazard The battery case in the science kit can overheat, posing a thermal burn hazard.
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U.S. CPSC May 13, 2005	Cell Phone Batteries: CPSC, CTIA Working Together to Keep Consumers Safe Some recommendations regarding the safe use of cell phones, batteries and chargers, from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and CTIA-The Wireless Association.
U.S. CPSC August 16, 2005	JS Products and Mac Tools Recall of Cordless Drill/Drivers The battery packs on these drill/drivers can overheat, expand and possibly rupture, creating an explosion or thermal burn hazard.
U.S. CPSC March 28, 2006	Pelican Power Brick Battery Charger Recalled for Fire and Burn Hazards The battery charger's circuit board can overheat and cause its plastic cover to melt, which poses a fire and burn hazard to consumers.
National Defense December 2006 Robert H. Williams	Improved Battery Charger Offered New LX series chargers by Nexergy that are especially configured for Lithium-ion and Lithium-polymer batteries have built in features that precisely match voltage to power packs.
U.S. CPSC March 2, 2004	Wagner Spray Tech Corporation Recall of Drill Charger Base A defective battery can cause the charger base to overheat, causing the base to melt and possibly burn nearby objects.
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Fast Company March 1, 2007 Brian T. Horowitz	Less Wire, More Juice Tired of lugging separate chargers for your smartphone, iPod, digital camera, and other gadgets? Leave them all at home in favor of a multicharging kit such as Malleable Devices' kwikSynCh.
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PC Magazine December 21, 2005 Bill Howard	Getting the Most from Your Batteries Batteries light up our lives and a whole array of devices. Here's how to choose and use them.
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PC World January 9, 2003 Anne B. McDonald	New Batteries Said to Charge in 15 Minutes Rayovac's I-C3 technology pairs new charger and batteries for much longer life and faster recharge.
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Popular Mechanics July 2003 Mike Allen	How To Charge Your Battery Motorhomes, tractors, boats, motorcycles and other occasional-use vehicles should use a battery-maintainer style of charger to prevent battery damage. The permanent extra wiring harness makes it easy to hook up the charger when necessary.
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National Defense September 2011 Eric Beidel	Bomb Disposal Teams Shed Battery Weight Members of Navy explosive ordnance disposal teams are used to lugging around 50 pounds of batteries and chargers, but scientists are working on a system that weighs just 9 pounds and would give them all the power they need.
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National Defense February 2007 David Axe	Army Seeks Light, Efficient Batteries to Meet Insatiable Energy Demand In an Army that heavily depends on battery-operated devices to do its job, the complaints are well documented: Batteries are too heavy, too bulky and not very user-friendly.