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BatteriesPlus Expands Recall of Battery Packs Used with Cordless Tools Due to Explosion Hazard is CPSC recall #12267, announced on August 30, 2012. The CPSC cites the following hazard: This recall involves all RAYOVAC-branded replacement battery packs used with cordless power tools and have part numbers beginning with "CTL" "RAYOVAC," "NI-CD" or "RAYOVAC," "NI-MH" and a part number beginning with "CTL" are printed in white lettering on the product. The battery packs were sold in voltages ranging between 2.4 and 18 volts in various sizes and shapes. They were sold as replacement batteries to the following brand tools: Black and Decker, Bosch, DeWalt, Makita, Lincoln, Milwaukee, Panasonic, Ryobi and Skil. The remedy is consumers should immediately stop using and remove the battery packs from cordless tools. consumers can contact batteriesplus for instructions on how to return the product for a store credit.. Affected brand: BatteriesPlus LLC.
This recall involves all RAYOVAC-branded replacement battery packs used with cordless power tools and have part numbers beginning with "CTL" "RAYOVAC," "NI-CD" or "RAYOVAC," "NI-MH" and a part number beginning with "CTL" are printed in white lettering on the product. The battery packs were sold in voltages ranging between 2.4 and 18 volts in various sizes and shapes. They were sold as replacement batteries to the following brand tools: Black and Decker, Bosch, DeWalt, Makita, Lincoln, Milwaukee, Panasonic, Ryobi and Skil.
Affected products
Rayovac NI-CD and Rayovac NI-MH Cordless Tool Battery Packs
Recalled brands
BatteriesPlus LLC
Remedy
Consumers should immediately stop using and remove the battery packs from cordless tools. Consumers can contact BatteriesPlus for instructions on how to return the product for a store credit.
Recall date
August 30, 2012
CPSC recall #12267 covers BatteriesPlus Expands Recall of Battery Packs Used with Cordless Tools Due to Explosion Hazard, announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on August 30, 2012. The CPSC cites the following hazard: This recall involves all RAYOVAC-branded replacement battery packs used with cordless power tools and have part numbers beginning with "CTL" "RAYOVAC," "NI-CD" or "RAYOVAC," "NI-MH" and a part number beginning with "CTL" are printed in white lettering on the product. The battery packs were sold in voltages ranging between 2.4 and 18 volts in various sizes and shapes. They were sold as replacement batteries to the following brand tools: Black and Decker, Bosch, DeWalt, Makita, Lincoln, Milwaukee, Panasonic, Ryobi and Skil.
The CPSC remedy for recall #12267 is consumers should immediately stop using and remove the battery packs from cordless tools. consumers can contact batteriesplus for instructions on how to return the product for a store credit.. Consumers should stop using the product and follow the instructions in the official CPSC notice.
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The primary source is the official CPSC notice at https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2012/BatteriesPlus-Expands-Recall-of-Battery-Packs-Used-with-Cordless-Tools-Due-to-Explosion-Hazard. RecallDocket links to it from this page.
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