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Summer Infant Expands Recall to Replace Video Monitor Rechargeable Batteries

  • Label on Back of Battery with Battery Number S/N JNS150A
  • Slim and Secure™ Video Monitor Model 02805
Name of Product:
Rechargeable batteries used in<strong> </strong>Summer Infant<strong> </strong>video monitors
Hazard:
The battery in the handheld video monitor can overheat and rupture, posing a burn hazard to consumers.
Remedy:
Replace
Recall Date:
April 23, 2014
Units:
About 800,000 batteries (about 58,800 were recalled in February 2011)
Consumer Contact

Summer Infant at (800) 426-8627 anytime or online at www.summerinfant.com/alerts/battery-recall for information on battery replacement. 

Recall Details

Description:

The recall involves rechargeable batteries in Summer Infant handheld color video monitors. The rechargeable batteries are about 1 ?" tall by 2 ?" wide and are ?" thick, black, and are marked with TCL on the lower right corner of the battery.  Monitors are sold with a matching camera and A/C adaptors. Batteries will have one of these letter and number combinations in the beginning of the serial number on the back of the battery:

 

Battery numbers are:

 

S/N: JNN-S150A

S/N:JNS150-BA

S/N:JNS150A

S/N: JNN-S150B

S/N:JNS150-BB

 

S/N: JNN-S150C

S/N:JNS150-BC

 

 

Monitors are:

 

Monitor Name

Model Number

Baby Touch®

02000, 02000Z

Baby Touch®  Plus

28520

Best View®

28030, 28030Z, 28035, 28280Z

Best View®  Choice

28460

Complete Coverage®

28040

Dual Coverage™

28510

MultiView™

28490

Peek®  Plus

02230

Private Label Baby Sight

3927000H11/A, 3927003H12

Safe Sight™

28530

Secure Sight®

02040, 02040Z

Sleek & Secure®

28270

Slim & Secure®

02800, 02805

Slim & Secure®  Plus

28450

Slim & Secure®  Plus Power Pack

28590

 

 

Remedy:

Consumers should remove the battery and contact Summer Infant for a replacement battery.  The monitor can continue to be used on AC power with the power cord. 

Incidents/Injuries:

Summer Infant has received 22 reports of overheated and ruptured batteries, including incidents of smoke and minor property damage.

Sold At:
Mass merchants, including Babies "R" Us, online retailers and independent juvenile specialty stores, from about February 2010 through 2012 for between $150 to $350.
Importer:

Summer Infant, of Woonsocket, R.I.

Importer

Summer Infant, of Woonsocket, R.I.

Manufactured In:
China
Recall number:
14-156

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