CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using SafPow and AMPOWSURE Battery Chargers Sold on Amazon.com Due to Fire and Burn Hazards; Risk of Serious Injury and Death
Product: SafPow SPC-42020 and AMPOWSURE ASP-C10S42020 battery chargers
This is a CPSC Warning, not a recall.
CPSC issues a warning when it has asked a firm to recall a product and no recall has been agreed. The notice below gives an instruction (stop using the product) and does not announce a recall remedy. We do not describe this product as recalled.
CPSC's notice says: “SafPow and AMPOWSURE have refused to conduct a recall.”
Warning number: 24-353
- Hazard
The defective chargers are sold for charging 36-volt lithium batteries in micromobility products. Although the chargers are marketed as “universal” for broad categories of micromobility products, they are not “universal” and can be incompatible with some of the products for which they are advertised. Using these chargers with an incompatible battery can cause the connected battery to ignite.
- What CPSC says to do
Consumers should immediately stop using SafPow SPC-42020 and AMPOWSURE ASP-C10S42020 battery chargers and dispose of these products.
- Description
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers to immediately stop using SafPow SPC-42020 and AMPOWSURE ASP-C10S42020 battery chargers because they pose a risk of serious injury and death. SafPow and AMPOWSURE have refused to conduct a recall. The defective chargers are sold for charging 36-volt lithium batteries in micromobility products. Although the chargers are marketed as “universal” for broad categories of micromobility products, they are not “universal” and can be incompatible with some of the products for which they are advertised. Using these chargers with an incompatible battery can cause the connected battery to ignite. […] Consumers should immediately dispose of these products. The defective chargers are black and have either the brand name “SafPow” with the model number “SPC-42020,” or the brand name “AMPOWSURE” with the model number “ASP-C10S42020” printed on a label on the charger. […] SaferProducts.gov. Individual Commissioners may have statements related to this topic. Please visit www.cpsc.gov/commissioners to search for statements related to this or other topics.
- Published
- September 5, 2024
Regulator & source
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) · cpsc.gov
Official CPSC warning: cpsc.gov/Warnings/2024/CPSC-Warns-Consumers-to-Immediately-Stop-Using-SafPow-and-AMPOWSURE-Battery-Chargers-Sold-on-Amazon-com-Due-to-Fire-and-Burn-Hazards-Risk-of-Serious-Injury-and-Death
Last updated November 8, 2026
Sources
- Cited address
Source: cpsc.gov/Warnings/2024/CPSC-Warns-Consumers-to-Immediately-Stop-Using-SafPow-and-AMPOWSURE-Battery-Chargers-Sold-on-Amazon-com-Due-to-Fire-and-Burn-Hazards-Risk-of-Serious-Injury-and-Death