I bought a GP brand AA NiMH battery charger and it say "never use with an extension cord". Why? Is it planning to use a million volts or something?
battery charger says "never use with an extension cord"
Jan 23, 2006
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Under certain fault conditions the batteries can get really hot during charging, and if it's on an extension cord they might be touching some flammable carpet etc.
Of course if it's plugged into a wall socket it might be covered by curtains too...
Tim.
I believe the acronym involved is "CYA" - As in "Cover Your Ass".
Every warning label in existence represents a lawsuit filed and won by some moron (or his/her heirs) who did whatever the label warns against, got him/herself hurt and/or killed in the process, regardless of how stupid their action was.
Don Bruder - dakidd@sonic.net - If your "From:" address isn\'t on my whitelist,
or the subject of the message doesn\'t contain the exact text "PopperAndShadow"
somewhere, any message sent to this address will go in the garbage without my
ever knowing it arrived. Sorry... for more info
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