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2. More than 15 million Toshiba laptop adapters recalled due to ...

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   The firm formerly known as Toshiba is recalling 15.5 million AC laptop adapters due to the potential for burn and fire risks. The firm, now called Dynabook, said it had received 679 reports of the ...

3. Overheating (electricity) - Wikipedia

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   Heat sinks are often attached to portions of the circuit that produce most heat or are vulnerable to heat. Fans are also often used. Some high-voltage instruments are kept immersed in oil. In some cases, to remove unwanted heat, a cooling system like air conditioning or refrigerating heat-pumps may be required.

4. High resistance connection - Wikipedia

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   A high-resistance connection (HRC) is a hazard that results from loose or poor connections in traditional electrical accessories and switchgear which can cause heat to develop, capable of starting a fire. [1] Glowing connections occur when relatively high current exists in a relatively large resistance object. Heat comes from power dissipation ...

5. 15 million Toshiba laptop adapters recalled over burn and ...

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   Dynabook Americas, the company formerly known as Toshiba, has recalled 15.5 million Toshiba laptop AC adapters over potential burn and fire hazards. 15 million Toshiba laptop adapters recalled ...

6. Computer cooling - Wikipedia

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   A finned air cooled heatsink with fan clipped onto a CPU, with a smaller passive heatsink without fan in the background A 3-fan heatsink mounted on a video card to maximize cooling efficiency of the GPU and surrounding components Commodore 128DCR computer's switch-mode power supply, with a user-installed 60 mm cooling fan.

7. Battery charger - Wikipedia

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   Charging a 12 V lead–acid car battery A mobile phone plugged in to an AC adapter for charging. A battery charger, recharger, or simply charger, [1] [2] is a device that stores energy in an electric battery by running current through it.

8. Heat-shrink tubing - Wikipedia

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   Heat-shrink tubing (or, commonly, heat shrink or heatshrink) is a shrinkable plastic tube used to insulate wires, providing abrasion resistance and environmental protection for stranded and solid wire conductors, connections, joints and terminals in electrical wiring.

9. Erythema ab igne - Wikipedia

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   Resting a laptop computer on the thigh (laptop computer-induced erythema ab igne). In a 2012 review, Riahi and Cohen describe the characteristics of laptop computer-induced erythema ab igne. [ 5 ] Temperatures between 43 and 47 °C can cause this skin condition; modern laptops can generate temperatures in this range.