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Friday, November 13, 2020

Ring recalls 350,000 smart doorbells after some of them caught fire

Amazon-subsidiary Ring is recalling hundreds of thousands of video doorbells after receiving reports of them catching fire. 

The potential fire hazard impacts around 350,000 2nd generation Ring doorbells sold in the United States and roughly 8,700 more sold in Canada, according to a notice posted by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on Tuesday. The $100 doorbells were sold on Ring's website and on Amazon between June 2020 and October 2020, according to the CPSC.
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 13, 2020 at 9:19 AM

    It boggles my mind how any company could screw up the design of a doorbell so that it catches fire.

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    1. bogsidebunnyNovember 13, 2020 at 10:18 AM

      Maybe the company is a subsidiary of Hyundai/Kia Motors***, Anon.

      *** Hyundai/Kia recall 591,000 vehicles in the United States over a brake-fluid leak that could cause an engine fire

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  2. AnonymousNovember 13, 2020 at 11:24 AM

    Starker here,
    If you have used a smart phone to take a lot of images or video, they get warm. Next try it while charging. And they get really hot. Now enclose it in a box & run it 24/7. It's asking for trouble.

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