Microsoft Surface power cords recalled

[jonsie]

Just a headsup to anyone who has purchased a Microsoft Surface tablet.

BBC News: Microsoft recalls millions of fire-risk power cords
Microsoft recalls millions of fire-risk power cords - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35482213

[Bambino]

Thanks for posting @jonsie. I don't own a Surface, but I'm sure there must be some in the community who do.

[Curr946]

What's going on, apple , Microsoft, Segway's, etc. How hard is it to build a safe compliant power cord. You'd thing they were new.

[Anonymous]

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@Bambino wrote:

Thanks for posting @jonsie. I don't own a Surface, but I'm sure there must be some in the community who do.

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I do have a Surface 3, but thankfully it's not affected by the recall.

[jonsie]

That's good. I worry about major manufacturers using substandard cheap labour as suppliers.

[Cleoriff]

Good news they are recalling them, though damn horrendous that they were faulty in the first place.

[jonsie]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

Good news they are recalling them, though damn horrendous that they were faulty in the first place.

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The major problem is that people won't know about it unless they are looking. You only have to look at the people whose homes have burnt down with the faulty driers, freezers and hover boards oblivious to the potentially lethal faults inbuilt by cheap and cost-cutting manufacture. 

[Cleoriff]

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@jonsie wrote:

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@Cleoriff wrote:

Good news they are recalling them, though damn horrendous that they were faulty in the first place.

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The major problem is that people won't know about it unless they are looking. You only have to look at the people whose homes have burnt down with the faulty driers, freezers and hover boards oblivious to the potentially lethal faults inbuilt by cheap and cost-cutting manufacture. 

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That sounds like something I have written on here a number of times....