Nikon Recalls More Camera Batteries

Nikon announced on November 8th, 2005 that it has detected that on „rare" occasions some rechargeable Li-ion batteries of the type EN-EL3 for Nikon Digital SLR cameras may become defective, resulting in overheating during recharging.

In the worst case, Nikon said that it cannot rule out the possibility that the battery could catch fire as a result of the defect. The rechargeable Li-ion EN-EL3 battery is provided as a supplied accessory with the Nikon D100, D70 and D50 Digital SLR cameras. It is also sold as a separate accessory for these camera models and can be used with the Nikon D70s.

Owners of the Nikon cameras D100, D70 and D50 and users of the Li-ion battery EN-EL3 are asked to carefully recheck their batteries as additional batch numbers were included into the list of possibly defective batteries. Users can determine if their battery pack is among the recalled ones by confirming that EN-EL3 is written on the side of the battery.

The additional batch numbers (51AA, 51AB, 51AC, 51AD, 51AE, 51AF, 51AG, 51AH, 53AA, 53AB, 54AE, 54AF, 54AH) are highlighted in the list on the producer's website.

Also, the company stated that additional batch numbers should be checked by Users of Nikon D50, D70 and D100 and the rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL3.bers should be checked by Users of Nikon D50, D70 and D100 and the rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL3.