February 10, 2010 Update:
LaCrosse announced it has identified the problem behind the rash of battery charger meltdowns and is voluntarily replacing the affected A/C adapter, which is outputting too much voltage. If you have a LaCross BC-9009 purchased between October 1st 2009 and January 15, 2010 and your A/C adapter has the roman numeral “IV”, please discontinue use IMMEDIATELY and follow this defective product recall link for a free replacement.
Defective A/C Adapter - LaCrosse BC-9009
Update: Battery Charger Meltdown Part 2
Battery Charger Meltdown Part 3
Battery Charger Meltdown Part 4
The LaCrosse BC-9009 battery charger wants to get the home fires burning, literally.
I was just about to head out for a dinner with my wife’s family. My last task was to make a photocopy so I walked over to the multi-function printer, past a pair of AA batteries I was charging in a LaCrosse charger, and before I was able to hit the copy button, I smelled melting plastic. I turned my head and saw smoke rising from the now-smoldering battery charger. I happened so fast but fortunately I was right next to the charger when it started a dangerous meltdown.
I quickly unplugged the charger and ran it outside before it could do any damage to my home, namely set fire to the place.
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Now I’m reading that I’m not the only user to experience a dangerous meltdown with the LaCrosse 9009.
CandlePowerForums has several recent threads with user meltdown reports for the BC-9009.
This doesn’t seem to be the first time that LaCrosse has had meltdown problems too as their are user meltdown reports from the older BC-900 model.
I purchased my LaCrosse 9009 charger from Amazon so I rechecked user reports and there are several new meltdown reports there too.
There are also user reports on Engadget for the older BC-900 model.
So on Monday morning I’m calling LaCrosse and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission to demand a recall on these dangerous and defective chargers.
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