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Originally Posted by pjphilli
One would hope that the genuine manufacturer would have high quality
control on such products ...
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Hi Peter,
Look no further than the recent Samsung Galaxy Note 7 case.
Samsung announced on 22 January 2017 that indeed the fires were due
to defects in Lithium Ion batteries.
But not just one set of batteries - but two separate sets with two different
faults.
Samsung has stated that the original sets of batteries shipped had a design flaw.
But in the rush to manufacture replacements, a totally
separate manufacturing fault was introduced that also resulted in fires.
See -
https://www.cnet.com/news/samsung-an...ter-batteries/
This is from a company with a market capitalization of some USD237 billion.
They were reported to have 700 engineers from their mobile division
investigating the exploding phone problem.
Samsung stated that they had sourced the batteries from two suppliers.
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Originally Posted by Tibken and Cheng, CNET
Samsung declined to confirm the names of the two suppliers, but the US Consumer Product Safety Commission said Samsung SDI (which is separate from Samsung Electronics but has the same parent company, Samsung Group) supplied the batteries responsible for the first recall. Hong Kong-based Amperex Technology acknowledged on its site that it was the second supplier.
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