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kerwin
Joined: Sep 05, 2003
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Bonc,
if this is bo**ocks then why did Carphone Warehouse swap my charger out "incase it exploded" - their words not mine.
I just asked them if there was a recall on chargers for T610's,
they told me the explosion bit.
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BOSSHOGG
Joined: Dec 19, 2002
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I have a T68i charger to use right now, but That's .2v less than my T300 charger. It'll do the job til tomorrow tho.
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shaggyhog
Joined: Aug 13, 2003
Posts: 164
From: Scotland (in exile)
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Vlam, forgot u need 2pin 220V adaptors - shame as lots of 3pin 240V ones will be going begging tomorrow!  (my charging, as ever, finished uneventfully)
Hopefully the problem is limited to UK users, although alias did say "This is because customers worldwide are experiencing their chargers blowing up while the phone is being charged"
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kerwin
Joined: Sep 05, 2003
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I think the only way to deal with this and sort it out once and for all is if you have an affected charger (Made it Thailand by Delta) that was purchased recently, please get in touch with the shop you got the phone from and ask them if there is a recall on the chargers, if so ask what the problem is.
Then post your answers here for everyone to see.
Carphone Warehouse, 164-172 Union Street, Aberdeen, Scotland
08701 682 361
3 day old cahrger for T610 (Made it Thailand by Delta) changed due to possibility of explosion 5/9/2003
regards,
Kerwin.
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BOSSHOGG
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Oh yeah....thanks for the info alias :-) wouldn't suprise of he half the people here scared him/her from posting again. :-(
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kerwin
Joined: Sep 05, 2003
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Yup, Alias, if you are still around, I think you were right 
p.s. I am with O2, so it's not just Orange.
Still seems to be an official denial from S.E.
Anyone had anything 'officially' apart from my experience???
regards,
Kerwin.
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BonC
Joined: Jun 18, 2003
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U guys telling me this aint Bollocks!!!!
R u telling me Sony have knowingly put my family at risk and countless others worldwide!!!
I must make enquires, I must get to the bottom of this - damn u Sony (or whoever is responsible for these dodgy firework chargers!!!)
A screen that cant be used in sunlight - a sub standard camera and now exploding chargers!!! - whatever next!
Can any one confirm this outright - an article some concrete evidence!!!
tell u what ill test it myself tonight - if u dont here from me tommorow first thing, ull know why!
BONC - RIP!!!
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ruff rider
Joined: Mar 01, 2002
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From: Manchester, UK
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Earlier today, alias started a new thread (in the general forum I think) saying there would be an official press release ... but so far nothing.
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bossjohnc
Joined: Jan 24, 2003
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Well, I don't usually keep repeating myself but I feel it's neccessary...
Read this post
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kerwin
Joined: Sep 05, 2003
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Good luck Bonc,
wear rubber shoes!
On a serious note, I was quite suprised at the reaction of the Carphone Warehouse assistant when I asked if there was any truth to the rumour that I had heard about a charger recall on T610's.
She said that they had just got an email 10 minutes before,
I asked what the fault was, she said that the charger could blow up and injure people, exposing wires (pointing to the bit where the cable enters the charger)
She asked if she could see my charger, looked at the writing on it and said 'yes, this could be affected'.
She went to the store room, put my 'faulty' charger in a box (which looked to have another 10 or so chargers in it, some still in their packaging) and gave me back a brand new charger.
regards,
Kerwin.
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BonC
Joined: Jun 18, 2003
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BossJohn...
so Thailand "Delta" is bad!!!!!
I have just looked at my charger and it appears to have been made by ....
Pyromaniacs UK Ltd
am I and more importantly my family safe?
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Tinribs
Joined: Jul 23, 2003
Posts: 187
From: England
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I can believe that a batch of chargers could be faulty, we had a bad bunch of power supplies for our cable modems a few months back and hundreds just packed up over a few weeks.
by the way my charger is made in Morocco by Si (i think it says Si)
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ex_crusader
Joined: Apr 28, 2003
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yeah perhaps UK SE users are the only affected.
here in asia, chargers are made in Malaysia, i have this old ericsson t28 charger (about 3 years already) that is still working fine, now i have t310 and t68 and t100, i use the same charger for the three. |
kerwin
Joined: Sep 05, 2003
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I think that the chargers affected are only new chargers,
I would be guessing at 3-6 months old.
Looks like a bad batch has gone out and been picked up by Q&A.
The old chargers that people have been using on their T68's etc. are
fine.
Seems to have been some confusion earlier on in this thread, people thinking that their 3 year old chargers were faulty.
I would suggest that if you have purchased a phone over the past few months please get the charger checked by the shop.
regards,
Kerwin.
p.s saying that just found this,
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&threadm=4hrdvuoirc4knc177tcg0v9i24nqgbkved%404ax.com&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dsony%2Bericsson%2Bcharger%2Brecall%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26selm%3D4hrdvuoirc4knc177tcg0v9i24nqgbkved%25404ax.com%26rnum%3D1
If the above link doesnt work, do a google search on groups for
sony ericsson charger recall
pick the first link,
regards,
Kerwin.
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bossjohnc
Joined: Jan 24, 2003
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@ BonC
'We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.' |
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