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RecallAug 28, 2025· All ages

CT New Energy Technology CT-ENERGY Lithium Coin Battery Chargers

Official title: CT-ENERGY Lithium Coin Battery Chargers Recalled Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Battery Ingestion; Violations of Standard for Coin Battery Products and Statute for Battery Packaging; Imported by CT New Energy Technology

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Recalled CT-ENERGY Lithium Coin Battery Charger with Rechargeable 2032 Batteries
Recalled CT-ENERGY Lithium Coin Battery Charger with Rechargeable 2032 Batteries · Photo: CPSC

CT-ENERGY lithium coin battery chargers (model nc-02), sold with four rechargeable 2032 batteries on Amazon.com and Walmart.com, have been recalled. Children can easily reach the coin batteries in the charger, and the batteries are not in child-resistant packaging or labeled with required warnings; swallowed coin batteries can cause serious injuries, internal chemical burns and death.

What to do

Consumers should immediately stop using the charger and remove the batteries and place them in an area that children cannot access. Contact CT New Energy Technology for a full refund, Child-Resistant Safety Case, or replacement kit. The complimentary repair kits and replacement kits will be available after August 30, 2025. Consumers will be asked to submit photos of the batteries' destruction completely submerged in tap water to info@ct-energy.cn. Soaking the batteries in water for 24 hours discharges the battery. Note: Button cell and coin batteries are hazardous. Batteries should be disposed of or recycled by following local hazardous waste procedures.

Contact: CT New Energy Technology by email at info@ct-energy.cn, or online at www.ct-energy.cn/about/22.html?land=en-us or www.ct-energy.cn and click "Urgent Product Safety Recall Notice" at the top of the page for more information.

How common was it?

NicheAbout 1,100 sold at Amazon and Walmart, 2024–2025

Fewer than about 5,000 sold, or sold in only a few places. Most families won't have one.

Read the official CPSC notice →

Official notice

CPSC's own wording, unchanged.

Hazard

The recalled battery charger violates the mandatory standard for consumer products containing button cell or coin batteries because the charger has lithium coin batteries that can be accessed easily by children. In addition, the coin batteries provided with the battery charger are not in child-resistant packaging, and the packaging does not have the warnings as required by Reese's Law. When button cell or coin batteries are swallowed, the ingested batteries can cause serious injuries, internal chemical burns and death.

Sold at

Amazon.com and Walmart.com from March 2024 through May 2025 for about $17.

Units

About 1,100

Incidents and injuries

None reported

Model numbers and UPCs

nc-02

Brand

CT-ENERGY

From the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, recalled Aug 28, 2025. The summary above is ours; for anything that matters, go by the official notice. Had a problem with this product? Report it at SaferProducts.gov.

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