NOT HOT!! APC UPS Recall (CS 350 & 500 models) - Possible fire hazard.

[Boomer2]

Press release with details at http://www.apcc.com/rely/pressrel.cfm.

Looks like the models that were in recent rebate deals in November and December. Check your unit to make sure.

Edit-------------------------------

Better link: http://www.apc.com/rely/index.cfm

Too much for them to actually link it from the press release page....

Good jokes on the new meaning of UPS on /.

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[Garet Jax]

This sucks. I'll have to check my model numbers when I get home. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[patrickj]

Yea, thanks for the heads up...I'll check this later tonight...

 

[squirrel dog]

Good post . My Belkin does get warm .

 

[pmark]

I dunno, to me the UPS does seem hot

 

[Jarwa]

nm.

 

[Sept1967]

"Possible fire hazard"


Then , doesnt that make this a "hot" deal? (rimshot)


Sorry....

 

[joecav]

I don't get it...where are the "this isn't a hot deal" posters? They must be in daycare I guess.

 

[bunker]

DOH!!! I have one of these sitting under my desk right now.

Time to get a hold of my desktop support guy and get me a new one!

Thanks for the heads up.

 

[hevnsnt]

Originally posted by: joecav
I don't get it...where are the "this isn't a hot deal" posters? They must be in daycare I guess.

They are all over at FW

 

[vandy1]

Actually, this deal sounds really hot!

(hot...fire...bah, nevermind...)

 

[LaLaLand]

Originally posted by: hevnsnt

Originally posted by: joecav
I don't get it...where are the "this isn't a hot deal" posters? They must be in daycare I guess.

They are all over at FW

FW SUCKS!

 

[LeaDxPainT]

DAmn, thanks a lot man..I have this think under my desk right now...originally bought it when i firdt saw it poested here as a hot deal at office max.

 

[Draknor]

Yikes - thanks for the heads up!

Unfortunately i have one of the affected units

Luckily, APC will ship the replacement before you return your "potentially hazardous" one, so that's good.

 

[LaLaLand]

Originally posted by: LeaDxPainT
DAmn, thanks a lot man..I have this think under my desk right now...originally bought it when i firdt saw it poested here as a hot deal at office max.

Yea this is hot since lots of us bought them when we found the deal here.

thanks for posting this as most would never have know.



FW SUCKS!

 

[Banana]

BOOM! Thanks for the alert. Don't know how I would've found out otherwise.

 

[ValsalvaYourHeartOut]

Man. This deal is FLAMING!!!

Valsalva

 

[huesmann]

Not yet!

 

[iwearnosox]

Yay! I won I won!

 

[simbawang]

Originally posted by: joecav
I don't get it...where are the "this isn't a hot deal" posters? They must be in daycare I guess.

It is definately a hot deal since I think the battery in my UPS 350 is kind of strange. Battery time fluctuates a lot each time I turn on my computer. I would be happy to get a new unit for free.

 

[Boomer2]

Originally posted by: LeaDxPainT
DAmn, thanks a lot man..I have this think under my desk right now...originally bought it when i firdt saw it poested here as a hot deal at office max.

Too bad it's not around Xmas time: Chet's nuts roasting over an open fire....

 

[arcas]

This was posted 3 days ago in the hardware forum.

Thread

 

[huesmann]

Originally posted by: simbawang

Originally posted by: joecav
I don't get it...where are the "this isn't a hot deal" posters? They must be in daycare I guess.

It is definately a hot deal since I think the battery in my UPS 350 is kind of strange. Battery time fluctuates a lot each time I turn on my computer. I would be happy to get a new unit for free.

I read somewhere that you just get sent a new unit without a battery. You're supposed to transfer your existing battery to the new unit.

 

[VBboy]

Can we use these in our war against terrorism?

 

[cliftonite]

Thanks, i dont have one, but 2 or 3 of my relatives got them on black friday.