Samsung tablet fire - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: MrMobodies
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 26, 2019, 07:42:36 pm
content: I came across this article:https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7178349/Samsung-tablet-burns-hole-bed-inches-sleeping-11-year-old-boys-head.htmlQuoteHe must be a deep sleeper and the fumes kept him asleep when it happened.In this day and age I'd expect better safety.I had a customer with a HP Pavillion 15 I7 laptop with what appeared to be a damaged hard drive.When I took the cover off to get to it the battery looked so badly swollen and bulging out with the casing stretched I put the battery outside in a container just incase.No signs of overheating on the board or shock on the drive sensor report.Date stamps on there show that it is about 3 years old.

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 27, 2019, 04:05:00 am
content: I don't think the problem is going to be the device, that would be a one in a million defect. I'm betting it's going to come out that the original charger broke, the parents are cheapskates, and bought him a cheap one at the dollar store and it overvolted severely.Same story as the other "electrocuted by phone in bed/bath" ones. Poor USER safety. Granted, it was a child that doesn't probably know much about electricity so it's up to the parents to not buy dodgey crap if that was the case.

author: MrMobodies
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 27, 2019, 05:30:47 am
content: I would have thought that too and did check the article to see what they found:QuoteMaybe if they did buy a replacement what they thought was an "original" or genuine wasn't and was very convincing.I have seen some Samsung fake usb chargers review and teardowns on lygte:https://lygte-info.dk/review/USBpower%20Samsung%20EP-TA20EWE%20UK.htmlhttps://lygte-info.dk/review/USBpower%20Samsung%20ETA-U90EWE%20UK.htmlhttps://lygte-info.dk/review/USBpower%20Samsung%20EP-TA20EWE%202%20UK.htmlEdit:I just realised that I didn't copy all the article across.I just clicked the link but didn't look at the text I copied.Sorry about that.

author: ogden
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 27, 2019, 05:57:39 am
content: It could be aftermarket battery to blame. Any idea of tablet model? How old it may be?

author: Jeroen3
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 27, 2019, 06:11:09 am
content: In the design of the battery pouch the expansion over time is taken into consideration. All batteries expand eventually due to chemistry. Heat can accelerate this. Poor charge management might not notice this happening.We're shipping billions of these batteries around. And every now and then someone fucks up.https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2006/dell-announces-recall-of-notebook-computer-batteries-due-to-fire-hazardhttps://www.laptopmag.com/articles/hp-battery-recall-2019https://support.apple.com/15-inch-macbook-pro-battery-recallhttps://www.theverge.com/2017/8/16/16156934/galaxy-note-4-battery-recall-att-fedexhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Note_7https://na.panasonic.com/us/support/important-fz-g1-battery-recallhttps://support.lenovo.com/nl/en/solutions/hf004122https://www.nvidia.com/en-gb/shield/support/tabletrecall/https://support.garmin.com/en-IN/?faq=evLr8fZ4lI0xP4zKayE3A9https://denon.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4361/~/heos-go-pack-recall-faqhttps://www.tobiidynavox.com/recall/And the largest one:https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/10/audi-recalls-its-electric-suv-over-battery-fire-riskThis is a surprisingly long list though... Only two pages of google for "battery recall"...We definitely have a problem and require a fix or regulation immediately.

author: MrMobodies
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 27, 2019, 06:15:04 am
content: I have seen that happening with many mobile phone batteries.Quote from: ogden on June 27, 2019, 05:57:39 amNot sure what model.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-48744010QuotePossibly they could have had a non genuine party battery fitted.https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-lifespan-for-a-Samsung-Galaxy-tabletQuote

author: windsmurf
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 27, 2019, 07:18:04 am
content: Apple caused a fatality here:https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/06/24/apple_sued_over_fire/