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Nokia BL-5C battery overheating problems
24 August 2007
Nokia has identified that a batch of Nokia BL-5C batteries from their supplier Matsushita could, in vary rare cases, overheat whilst charging (not whilst being used).
Although Nokia has several suppliers this only applies to the 46 million manufactured by Matsushita between December 2005 and November 2006. There have been approx. 100 incidents of overheating reported globally and no serious injuries or property damage has been reported.
The Nokia BL-5C Battery is used with the following phones:
Nokia 1100, Nokia 1100c, Nokia 1101, Nokia 1108, Nokia 1110, Nokia 1112, Nokia 1255, Nokia 1315, Nokia 1600, Nokia 2112, Nokia 2118, Nokia 2255, Nokia 2272, Nokia 2275, Nokia 2300, Nokia 2300c, Nokia 2310, Nokia 2355, Nokia 2600, Nokia 2610, Nokia 2610b, Nokia 2626, Nokia 3100, Nokia 3105, Nokia 3120, Nokia 3125, Nokia 6030, Nokia 6085, Nokia 6086, Nokia 6108, Nokia 6175i, Nokia 6178i, Nokia 6230, Nokia 6230i, Nokia 6270, Nokia 6600, Nokia 6620, Nokia 6630, Nokia 6631, Nokia 6670, Nokia 6680, Nokia 6681, Nokia 6682, Nokia 6820, Nokia 6822, Nokia 7610, Nokia N70, Nokia N71, Nokia N72, Nokia N91, Nokia E50, Nokia E60
If you use one of these handsets please check on the Nokia website to see if you are affected:
http://batteryreplacement.nokia.com/batteryreplacement/en/
If you find that your battery is one of the faulty batch DO NOT RECHARGE IT - telephone Smith Bellerby on the numbers shown below and we will arrange for Nokia to replace the battery free of charge.