Recall Register

Power Supply Units for External Jaz Disk Drives

CPSC recall 99077. Recall date: .

Hazard, in the words of CPSC

Electrocution/Electric Shock

CPSC recall 99077 has the recall date 11 Mar 1999. The notice names the firm Jaz. The CPSC record gives no number of units. This register puts the recall under the hazard Electric shock. CPSC gives the product type Adapter/Power Supply/Charger/Battery.

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CPSC recall 99077: incidents, units, products and firms
UnitsThe CPSC record gives no number
Description
Power Supply Units for External Jaz Disk Drives NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 11, 1999 Release # 99-077 Company Phone Number: (800) 781-3296 CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772 CPSC Media Contact: Kim Dulic, (301) 504-7058 Iomega Contact: Jason Thompson, (212) 371-5999 CPSC, Iomega Corp. Announce Recall of Power Supply Units for External Jaz Disk Drives WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Iomega Corp., of Roy, Utah, is recalling about 60,000 power supply units for use with certain Iomega external Jaz disk drives. The two-piece plastic housing of the power supply can separate, exposing internal electronics. This poses a serious electrical shock hazard to consumers. Iomega is aware of three reports of the power supply to these disk drives breaking. No injuries have been reported. These power supply units were sold with Jaz 2 gigabyte (GB) disk drives, remanufactured Jaz 1GB disk drives and as replacement or supplemental power supply units. These power supply units are black, 4-inch long boxes that plug into the…
ProductAdapter/Power Supply/Charger/Battery
ProductIomega external Jaz disk drive power supply units, Computer Equipment
ManufacturerJaz; Iomega
Made inIndia

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The recall in context

Units in this recall
not givenMedian of 1999: 22,300
CPSC recalls of 1999
156
Recalls of 1999 with one of the same hazards
19%
Recalls of 1999 in the category Adapter/Power Supply/Charger/Battery
1%
Recalls on the register that name Jaz
1

Official channels

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Recall Register. CPSC recall 99077. https://recallregister.com/product/6262-power-supply-units-for-external-jaz-disk-drives/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through .

Sources

Source
US Consumer Product Safety Commission
Licence
US government work, public domain
Data retrieved
30 Sep 2026
Newest CPSC recall on the register
24 Sep 2026

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Questions

Does CPSC recall 99077 report injuries?
The CPSC record of recall 99077 has no incident or injury text.
Where was the product made?
The CPSC notice gives: India