[H-GEN] Product Recall, APC 350-CS & 500-CS UPS

[Patrick Nichols]

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Folks,

I'm just letting people know that there has been a product recall on the
APC 350 & 500 CS UPSes.

http://www.apcc.com/rely/index.cfm

Below is a snippet of their press release on the matter, you can register
online and they will ship a new unit to you.

Well... There goes my uptime.

--<snip>--
American Power Conversion Voluntarily Recalls Two Uninterruptible Power
Supply Models

      WEST KINGSTON, R.I. -- January 14, 2003 -- American Power Conversion
(Nasdaq: APCC) (APC), in cooperation with the Consumer Product
Safety Commission, today announced a voluntary recall of two models
in its Back-UPS® CS uninterruptible power supply (UPS) line due to
potential safety issues that may result in overheating and represent
a potential fire hazard. The total number of affected devices being
recalled worldwide is approximately 2.1 million with approximately
900,000 devices recalled in the United States.

      APC has received eight reports worldwide of units overheating
resulting in the melting of the unit's outer casing, six of which
occurred in the United States. Three of the reported incidents
resulted in minor property damage. No injuries have been reported.

      The recall is limited to two specific models in APC's Back-UPS CS
product line - the Back-UPS CS 350 and the Back-UPS CS 500, in both
120-volt and 230-volt models. The affected units were manufactured
between November 2000 and December 2002. The units were sold
primarily through computer and electrical distribution, catalog and
retail outlets worldwide.

      Consumers with affected units can identify them by the model
markings on the front of the unit and by the serial numbers located
on the bottom of the unit. Only units with serial numbers having the
first six characters in the following ranges are affected:

AB0048 through AB0251
BB0104 through BB0251
JB0125 through JB0251
--<snip>--

-- 
Later,
Patrick Nichols

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