Safety Alert: Petzl America Warns of Burn Hazard from Headlamps

[Craig]

Thought I'd pass this along.

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08403.html

 

[Jay H]

Consumers should immediately stop using rechargeable batteries with the headlamps and contact Petzl to obtain a new warning label.

But wouldn't this make my Myo 3 belt heavier?????

Jay

 

[DougPaul]

So the cable fails (shorts) and they condemn rechargeable batteries* (which are capable of high short circuit currents). Lithiums primary cells could be even worse...

* Presumably NiMH (they don't say). NiCads are capable of even higher short circuit currents.


I guess this is modern product safety--their product fails and the fix is that the user is supposed to use inferior batteries...

Doug