PlayStation Portable burning incident attributed to Pelican charger |
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It should be remembered that during the first week of February, we reported on an unfortunate incident involving the Sony PlayStation Portable and a 12-year old boy from Farmington Hills, Michigan.Unfortunately, the handheld in the boy's pocket suddenly caught fire causing second degree burns on the kid. After weeks of investigations, officials say that the incident was due to a third-party charger which overheated the PSP.
The charger in question was from the company Pelican. Although the family of the boy is not keen on filing a lawsuit, representatives from both Sony and Pelican will be going to Michigan to further investigate the matter.
Lt. Denny Hughes of the Farmington Hills Fire Department added that while further investigations are still necessary, the said charger is the most obvious source of the problem. "I think it overheated the unit by overcharging it," added Hughes.
Lastly, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has become interested in the incident and said that it will look into the matter as well. The commission added that there are no plans to recall PSP units at this point.
Via Freep
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Not to be heartless here, but who in the hell charges a psp while its in their pocket?
Wow they didnt file a lawsuit? Im surprised they didnt i say never buy a after market charger. Plus the DS is way better anyways and it would be better for his age too
Wow you gotta be kidding me:"Plus the DS is way better"
I thought the fanboy wars finally came to an end an then some idiots like "the Obsidian" keep up the heat.
Every Console ( and handhelds) has his own advantages. I personally prefer my PSP because of the multimedia capabilities. The DS is good because of the wide variety of games.
So please STFU, stop acting like a little child and stop being a F*king fanboy.
i heard he tried to cook an egg on his pants while it was still hot
It's possible to overcharge a battery, but it wont immediately overheat and explode until later.
yo i dont think the law suit will be any good if the psp hack they could just say the hack was the problem
he didnt have it charging while it was in his pocket. he charged it last night and left the charger on it. then after he took it off the charger later that morning b4 he went to skool he put it in his pocket. from over charging it, it started gettin hotter and hotter and caught fire. thats all. he didnt go to skool, plug the charger to an outlet in skool and then plugged it to the PSP and put it in his pocket.
they cant counter-sue and say "it was the hacks" there are hundreds of us who have a hacked PSP and nothing has happend like this. therefore, over-ruled!
The Obsidian is always starting fanboy wars over on all the non-Nintendo pages.
I knew it. That's what happens when you use crappy third-party batteries and chargers.
he was sitting in class when this happened, which means there was a wire running from his pants to an electrical outlet. wtf?
That shows you you're a PSP fanboy, how ironic.
Both of you fanboys shut up.
here in monterrey in summer we reach 44ÂșC and my PSP's battery has never exploted or burned my pants. I also have a AC charger and a USB charger from pelican!