In an article in today's Sydney Morning Herald, Technology Reporter
Hannah Francis writes that Apple has "instigated a massive international
recall of power point adapters across its range of portable devices after
a small number were found to have broken, causing risk of electric shock."
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Originally Posted by Hannah Francis, Sydney Morning Herald
The affected Apple adapters were shipped with MacBooks and iPads, and older models of iPhone and iPod, between 2003 and 2015, including in Australia and New Zealand. Also included in the recall are adapters purchased in the Apple World Travel Adapter Kit, which includes wall adaptors for multiple regions.
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Originally Posted by Hannah Francis, Sydney Morning Herald
Not every Apple wall adapter that attaches onto a power brick is affected, however, as Apple began shipping remodelled versions of the adapters at an unknown date.
Some of the redesigned adapters are square in shape; these are understood to not be affected by the recall. If your adapter is round, as the majority of them are, you can determine whether it's affected by removing it from the power brick and checking the underside.
If there are four or five numbers printed on the inside slot where it connects to the power brick (as in the picture above) — or, conversely, nothing written there at all — you need to take it into an Apple store to be replaced.
If there is a country code written on the underside instead, e.g. AUS or EUR, then this is a newer model and is not affected.
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Article here -
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/c...28-gmgkkw.html