The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is an important consumer protection body that ensures consumer safety and interests by setting standards, inspecting products, and promoting recalls. Plays an important role in reducing the risk of injury to consumer products by issuing joint "recall" announcements with manufacturers and distributors when products are identified as potentially harmful or have caused safety or environmental concerns. Charger Network recently learned that a certain myCharge charger has a risk of fire and burns, and was required to be recalled by the CPSC.
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Costco is the largest member warehouse supermarket chain in the United States, and in 2009 became the third largest retailer in the United States and the ninth largest in the world.
On June 20, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on its official website that the myCharge POWER HUB all-in-one 10,000mAh portable charger exclusively sold by Costco may overheat when charging, causing fire and burn hazards, and the number of recalled products is about 567,000. Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled portable charger and contact myCharge for a free replacement of a safe portable charger.
The recall involves the myCharge POWER HUB all-in-one 10,000mAh portable charger model numbers AO10FK-A, AO10FK-B, and AO10FK-C. This product is black and has a foldable prongs design to charge the power bank. It comes with 1 USB-C cable and 1 Lightning cable, and the product is printed with the "myCharge" brand logo on the surface.
The date of manufacture is printed on the prongs of the portable charger, so that consumers can confirm whether the product they purchased is risky based on the date. The production date is a 4-digit number in WWYY format, where WW is the consecutive week of the year and YY is the last two digits of the year of manufacture. The date codes included in this recall end in 21 or 22, or one of the following four date codes ending in 23: 0123, 0923, 1523, or 1723.
From January 2022 to November 2023, this product is available exclusively at Costco stores and Costco.com online in the United States for about $40. To date, there have been 120 reports of overheating of portable chargers, and myCharge has received five accident reports, including two residential fire reports, with property damage reported to be approximately $165,000. Costco received 115 returns for portable chargers that mentioned requests for products melting, expanding, smoking, catching fire, burning, exploding, or sparking, but fortunately there have been no reports of user injuries at this time.
Note: Recalled lithium-ion batteries should be disposed of in accordance with local and state ordinances and follow the procedures established by the Municipal Recycling Center for damaged/defective/recalled lithium batteries, as these potentially hazardous batteries must be different from others. Do not throw the recalled battery in the trash. Do not store this recalled battery in the used battery recycling bins of various retail and home improvement stores.
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The myCharge all-in-one portable charger caused two fires due to product quality issues, resulting in $165,000 in property damage and no injuries. After the accident, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission required Costco and myCharge to recall risky products and replace safe products for consumers. If there is a problem with the purchased product, consumers must take up arms to protect their legitimate rights and interests.