Product Recall Number: 20-115
Why was Rechargeable battery packs recalled?
The rechargeable battery packs can short circuit, causing them to overheat, posing a burn hazard to consumers.
Product Recall Number: 20-115
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2020-04-30
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Rechargeable battery packs
Description: This battery pack was sold individually, and also within Classroom Kits and GoPiGo and BrickPi robotic bundles. It is a 9.6V 2000Ah NiMH battery pack with Max Charge Current 2A and is wrapped in black plastic. “Dexter Industries Rechargeable Battery Pack” is printed on a white label on the battery pack.
Hazard Description: The rechargeable battery packs can short circuit, causing them to overheat, posing a burn hazard to consumers.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Replace
Units: About 2,400
Incidents: Modular Robotics has received four reports of the rechargeable battery packs smoking and overheating. No injuries have been reported.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the rechargeable battery packs, contact Modular Robotics for a free replacement battery pack. Safely dispose of the defective product by following local laws for disposal of the batteries.
Sold At: Online at Dexterindustries.com from March 2018 through January 2020 for about $38.
Importers: Modular Robotics Inc., of Boulder, Colo. and Dexter Industries, of Restin, W.V.
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed