Power Banks
The government has taken major action against substandard and poor quality power banks coming from China. The government has taken several steps to stop the import of these power banks. These power banks are claimed to not meet the safety standards and have 50-60 percent less performance than the actual capacity. The government is preparing to ban the sale of such substandard power banks. It is being claimed that these power banks are performing less than their stated capacity.
Ban on two companies
According to the report, the power banks imported from China can fully charge the mobile twice, but they are not up to the standard and are able to charge the mobile only once. In view of the increasing competition in the market, many Indian companies are purchasing substandard lithium-ion cells from these Chinese suppliers. BIS has recently banned two Chinese suppliers – Guangdong Kwasun New Energy Technology Company and Ganzhou Novel Battery Technology. The registration of both these suppliers has been cancelled.
Apart from this, another supplier Ganzhou Taoyuan New Energy Company is on the radar of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). Officials had examined the power banks of these companies from the open market, which found that most of the power banks were much less powerful than their capacity claims. This investigation found that many power banks with 10,000mAh battery capacity actually had a capacity of only 4,000 to 5,000mAh.
Users should be cautious
An industry official said that poor quality lithium cells used in power banks are coming in the market. In such a situation, users need to be cautious while purchasing these power banks. Chinese companies are taking advantage of the loop-holes in the rules and importing poor quality power banks into the market. The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has standards for device safety, but there is no standard for testing efficiency. In such a situation, Chinese suppliers are taking advantage of this and importing second-rate power banks.
The costs of companies are decreasing due to the use of poor quality batteries. Companies are sending good samples to BIS so that they can meet the safety standards, but are selling power banks with poor quality batteries in the market. In this way companies are reducing costs by up to 25 percent. Due to poor quality, the capacity of the battery used in power bank is also less. Generally, a 10,000mAh lithium ion battery costs between Rs 200 to Rs 250 per cell. Chinese suppliers are selling it for Rs 150. After the government’s action, poor quality power banks will disappear from the market, which will benefit the users.
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