FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 10, 1999
Release # 99-059
Kodak Phone Number: (888) 404-3711 CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: Kim Dulic, (301) 504-7058
CPSC, Kodak Announce Recall of AC Adapters for Digital
Cameras
WASHINGTON, D.C. In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Eastman Kodak Company, of
Rochester, N.Y., is voluntarily recalling 120,000 AC
adapters for use with certain Kodak digital cameras. When
the connector plug of the AC adapter is not fully inserted
in the camera, the batteries in the camera can overheat to a
high temperature. This can cause the batteries to leak acid
and explode, possibly causing thermal and chemical burns or
lacerations to consumers.
Kodak is aware of three reports of the batteries in
these cameras overheating and rapidly discharging the
battery's contents while using these recalled adapters,
including one report of a consumer suffering minor injuries
when a battery's content ejected from the camera onto his
face and hand.
These AC adapters were manufactured by ELPAC
Electronics Inc., of Irvine, Calif. They were sold
separately as optional accessories for use with Kodak
digital cameras and authorized for use by Kodak. These AC
adapters have model numbers 2534, 2457, MI2008 and M42008.
The brand name and model numbers can be found on labels
affixed to the adapters. These AC adapters have angled or
tapered connector tips. ELPAC models 2534 and M42008 have an
Underwriters Laboratories (UL) label. The Kodak digital
cameras that use these AC adapters have model numbers CD25,
DC40, DC50 and DC120. The model number and "Kodak" are
written on the front of the cameras. Only the ELPAC AC
adapter is being recalled, and not the Kodak cameras.
Department, electronic, computer and camera stores, as
well as mail-order and web retailers sold these AC adapters
nationwide from March 1996 to August 1998 for between $40
and $80.
A recalled ELPAC AC adapter with an angled connector
tip (left)and the replacement ELPAC AC adapter (right).
Consumers should immediately stop using the AC adapter
with these digital cameras when they contain batteries.
Kodak will replace, free of charge, these recalled ELPAC AC
adapters with redesigned, UL-listed ELPAC AC adapters.
To receive a postage-paid mailer to return your AC adapter,
or for more information, contact Kodak toll-free at (888)
404-3711 between 8 a.m. and 12 a.m. EST seven days a week.
Consumers also can contact Kodak online at
www.kodak.com/go/acadapter.
If you purchased an AC adapter with an angled or
tapered connector tip that was not authorized to be used by
Kodak, it should not be used with these digital cameras.
Kodak is not replacing AC adapters it did not authorized for
use.