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Trading standards officers in the UK are reporting a possible influx of unsafe chargers for handheld game consoles and various other gadgets, with one brand possibly causing overheating or electrocution. According to the report, one of the unsafe chargers concerned has a code marking DE62347066. Others don't have a code number, and are instead simply called Travel Charger.
Chris Holden, senior trading standards officer at Buckinghamshire County Council, told the BBC that their investigations also revealed another potential problem. Holden noted that some chargers may be carrying a potentially fake CE safety mark. Said Holden, "The UK appears to be flooded with them. It probably runs into hundreds of thousands or even millions."
These reportedly unsafe chargers usually go for around £5 or £6 (around US$ 10 to US$ 11) online or in shops, while properly-checked safe chargers cost £15 (around US$ 30). The BBC report states that these unsafe chargers have wires that become detached after being used for a while, increasing the risk of electric shocks. Furthermore, some of the chargers' pins don't fit properly into UK sockets, causing overheating.
It should be noted that concerns over unsafe chargers were raised 18 months ago when seven year-old Connor O'Keefe died in his hotel room in Thailand, possibly of electrocution due to a combination of factors, including unsafe chargers.
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now they are infringing international laws...
Agreed. That's why you gotta be careful buying 3rd party accessories. Try to stay named brand.
i sell psp and i've heard a lots of people that has been already scammed by those cheap adapters, that sh** completly destroys the psp leaving it like trasH, so them i already know how to detect a fake ac adapter
-IF YOU PLUG YOUR PSP AND YOU HEAR A VERY LOW NOISE, LIKE SOMETHING BURNING INSIDE WHEN YOU LEVAE IT RECHARGING THE AC ADAPTER IS FAKE
-IF YOU ARE PLAYING WITH THE AC ADAPTER PLUGGED AND SUDDENDLY THE PSP TURNS OFF FOR NO REASON THE AC ADAPTER IS FAKE
- I'M NOT SURE BUT I THINK THAT THOSE ADAPTERS DAMAGE YOUR BATTERY TOO
some people who sells psp, changes the original ac adapter and they give you a fake one, those adapters are vey good copies, please be very careful with that because, the psp won't gonna be damaged inmediatly, the psp will bbe destroyed around 4 months, IT'S BETTER TO BUY AN ORIGINAL ADAPTER THAN A NEW PSP DON'T YOU THINK
I always buy Sony brand, none of the Chinese rubbish.
So this is for lots of devices not just PSP, right?
Most of sony's systems and accessories ARE made in China. They have stricter quality control, but still.