Yamaha just issued safety recall for its amps....from 30 years ago

Danny Tse
Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
edited June 2010 in Electronics
There're are companies out there that don't want to take any responsibility after they pocketed your money. And then there's Yamaha.....
Yamaha still taking special care after 3 decades:

Important safety advice regarding Yamaha amplifiers which were manufactured 1980 - 1982.

Models A-760, A-760II, A-960, A-960II, A-1060, M-50, M-70 and B-6

We would like to express our thanks to Yamaha customers for their appreciation of Yamaha’s outstanding quality and durability. It is our pleasure to see many customers enjoying our hi-fi products for decades.

During on-going quality assurance tests that we regularly undertake for our entire portfolio of products, a potential security risk has been identified which necessitates taking the above-mentioned devices (220/240V power supply) out of operation.

After years of use and in rare cases, the power supply can become faulty. In the most extreme cases, heavy smoke or even fire may develop inside the device.

To eliminate all risks, we have decided to take voluntary safety measures. Customers are advised to remove the plug from the mains socket and contact us before using the device again.

Should you know of others in possession of an affected device, please inform them.

From the British hi-fi magazine "What Hi Fi?"
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited June 2010
    Talk about Customer Support? WOW! Too bad I don't own any Vintage Yamaha!

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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited June 2010
    "After years of use and in rare cases, the power supply can become faulty. In the most extreme cases, heavy smoke or even fire may develop inside the device."


    I don't know if any electronic device which would blow up someday on it's own, so I find this concerned complete BS.

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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited June 2010
    disneyjoe7 wrote: »
    "After years of use and in rare cases, the power supply can become faulty. In the most extreme cases, heavy smoke or even fire may develop inside the device."


    I don't know if any electronic device which would blow up someday on it's own, so I find this concerned complete BS.
    Wear and tear of electronic parts are a fact not BS. A piece of gear with 30 years of age is a long time especially if no PM or part replacement was ever done. No surprises in potential failure, blow-up.
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  • wayne3burk
    wayne3burk Posts: 939
    edited June 2010
    Hey -- I always wanted an A-960 -- maybe i can get one on a ... fire sale.

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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited June 2010
    Any amp should be serviced after 30 years.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,146
    edited June 2010
    Sounds admirable to me...many companies would never have published this info.
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited June 2010
    Face wrote: »
    Any amp should be serviced after 30 years.
    Looks like some don't know and probably tried to sue the company thus the reason for Yamaha's posting.
    To eliminate all risks, we have decided to take voluntary safety measures. Customers are advised to remove the plug from the mains socket and contact us before using the device again.
    In this day and age (where knowledge should be at its peak), it surprises me people don't know better :rolleyes:
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