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Bicycle-lock keys and DR Power trimmer mowers recalled over battery…

The recalled DR Power mowers have batteries that can overheat, according to the company's warning; a consultant's firm apparently saw this coming.

On air: Hank Ledger on BBN This Morning
Published 9:19 AM ET, Wednesday, October 14, 2026

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First reported by KATU: “Bicycle-lock keys and DR Power trimmer mowers recalled over battery, fire hazards”.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 9:19 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Hank Ledger.

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KATUBicycle-lock keys and DR Power trimmer mowers recalled over battery, fire hazards

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBicycle-lock keys and DR Power trimmer mowers are being recalled over battery and fire hazards.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWith us is Ottoline Varga, a management consultant, who bills four thousand dollars an hour.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo, Ms. Varga, let me ask you plainly: is a fire hazard a problem?
Ottoline VargaStructurally, yes, Hank. Something that catches fire is, in our framework, a thermal underperformer. That sentence was nine hundred dollars.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNine hundred.
Ottoline VargaAnd rising. Now, as we advised no one, the company was warned that a battery inside a mower can get warm.
Ottoline VargaI dangle this key to remind us all of risk.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYou said you advised no one, and then you described advice. Did your firm work for this company?
Ottoline VargaBetween the two of us, we recommended they consider the word recall early. Late, it turns out, was the premium tier.