Check against the official notice below — it lists the full affected range.
Digital Equipment Corp. is voluntarily recalling approximately 20,000 AC adapters used with its HiNote VP 500 series notebook computers due to a shock hazard. The gray adapters, which are 4 inches long by 2.25 inches wide with a 4-foot power cord, can have connector contact pins break off from the adapter and remain lodged in the power cord. These adapters were sold nationwide with the HiNote VP 500 series from September 1996 through August 1997 and can be identified by part numbers 30-47941-01 Rev. A01 or 30-47941 Rev. B01 on the bar code label. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Digital Equipment Corp. are not aware of any injuries, though eight incidents of pin breakage have been reported internationally and one in the U.S.
Consumers should stop using these AC adapters immediately and contact Compaq (which acquired Digital) at 800-225-5385 to receive a free replacement adapter and instructions for safe use.
Written by software from the official notice below. Not reviewed by a lawyer.
Electrocution/Electric Shock
AC Adapters Recalled by Digital Equipment NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 Note: Firm, phone number change. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772 Originally issued September 4, 1997; Revised January 18, 2002 CPSC CONTACT: Mark Ross, (301) 504-7076 Release # 97-183 CPSC, Digital Equipment Corp. Announce Recall of AC Adapters for Notebook Computers WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Digital Equipment Corp. of Maynard, Mass., is voluntarily recalling AC adapters used with its HiNote VP 500 series notebook computer. About 20,000 of these adapters were sold in the U.S. The AC adapters' connector contact pins can break off from the adapter and remain in the power cord, posing a shock hazard. The connector pins connect the AC adapter to the AC power cord. CPSC and Digital Equipment Corp. are not aware of any injuries involving these AC adapters. Digital is aware of eight incidents of a pin breaking off inside the power cord, one in the U.S., four in Australia, two in Canada and one in Asia. These gray AC adapters come with HiNote VP 500 series of notebook computers. The adapters are 4 inches long by 2.25 inches wide, and have a 4 foot power cord attached. They can be identified by part numbers 30-47941-01 Rev. A01 or 30-47941 Rev. B01 which appears on the bar code label. Commercial dealers nationwide sold the AC adapters with the Digital HiNote VP 500 series from September 1996 through August 1997. These adapters also were sold separately by Digital or its commercial dealers. Consumers should stop using these AC adapters immediately and contact the company to receive a free replacement adapter, as well as instructions for safe use of the computer. As Digital has been bought out by Compaq, call Compaq at 800-225-5385. The Digital HiNote VP 500 series notebook computer is not included in this recall.
Official record: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ↗
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