EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Lighting equipment
Bicycle LED lamp and charger Spanninga “Thor 800” — risk: electric shock
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1112/18
Summary
The lacquer insulated primary coil of the charger transformer is touching the lacquer insulated secondary coil. The accessible secondary circuit can become live.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60335.
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Product
Bicycle LED lamp and charger — Spanninga
- Brand
- Spanninga
- Name / model
- Thor 800 · THOR-800HM-084-1000 (battery charger)
- Batch number(s)
- 8715117022419
- Category
- Lighting equipment
- Bicycle LED lamp supplied with a battery charger. Sold in a red-white cardboard box.
What is the risk?
- The lacquer insulated primary coil of the charger transformer is touching the lacquer insulated secondary coil. The accessible secondary circuit can become live.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60335.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: DistributorCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 19/06/2018
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Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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