Mass recall of Apple AC Wall Plug Adapters 2003-2015 due to shock hazard
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Re: Mass recall of Apple AC Wall Plug Adapters 2003-2015 due to shock hazard
#2The title is "Apple AC Wall Plug Adapter Exchange Program"
Re: Mass recall of Apple AC Wall Plug Adapters 2003-2015 due to shock hazard
#3Note that the US-style plugs (with two vertical blades that plug into the socket) are NOT recalled.
Re: Mass recall of Apple AC Wall Plug Adapters 2003-2015 due to shock hazard
#4How about a recall of the entire adapter.
I have 4 or 5 of them, all which have disintegrated cables.
Either the famous problem where the cable/sleeve detaches at the adapter or the plug end, or on a couple of them, the entire plastic cable housing has disintegrated and sloughed off, leaving bare shield wire. This after just a year or so in every case.
Absolute disgrace, Apple.
Re: Mass recall of Apple AC Wall Plug Adapters 2003-2015 due to shock hazard
#5Does anyone know what exactly is happening in the breakage scenario? Especially for 12 years?
Re: Mass recall of Apple AC Wall Plug Adapters 2003-2015 due to shock hazard
#6I would love to know how they could possibly be a shock hazard. I have a piles of these (for travel) and they are solidly build and almost only plastic.
The only way they could break, I think, is if they fell apart somehow.
Re: Mass recall of Apple AC Wall Plug Adapters 2003-2015 due to shock hazard
#7How about a recall of the entire adapter. I have 4 or 5 of them, all which have disintegrated cables. Either the famous problem where the cable/sleeve detaches at the adapter or the plug end, or on a couple of them, the entire plastic cable housing has disintegrated and sloughed off, leaving bare shield wire. This after just a year or so in every case. Absolute disgrace, Apple.
This happens with Lightning cables too.
Re: Mass recall of Apple AC Wall Plug Adapters 2003-2015 due to shock hazard
#8How about a recall of the entire adapter. I have 4 or 5 of them, all which have disintegrated cables. Either the famous problem where the cable/sleeve detaches at the adapter or the plug end, or on a couple of them, the entire plastic cable housing has disintegrated and sloughed off, leaving bare shield wire. This after just a year or so in every case. Absolute disgrace, Apple.
This is planned obsolescence, when the cables break like this the chargers normally simply stop working. And that cable doesn't carry 110VAC so it's safe to assume even if you touch it you can't really get hurt.
Re: Mass recall of Apple AC Wall Plug Adapters 2003-2015 due to shock hazard
#9I would love to know how they could possibly be a shock hazard. I have a piles of these (for travel) and they are solidly build and almost only plastic. The only way they could break, I think, is if they fell apart somehow.
The Guardian article said there are 12 known (to Apple) incidents where people were shocked by these adapters.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/28/apple-reca...
Re: Mass recall of Apple AC Wall Plug Adapters 2003-2015 due to shock hazard
#10I would love to know how they could possibly be a shock hazard. I have a piles of these (for travel) and they are solidly build and almost only plastic. The only way they could break, I think, is if they fell apart somehow.
"may break and create a risk of electrical shock"
Sounds like the plastic casing breaks.