EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Communication and media equipment
Cordless telephone Gigaset — risk: fire
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. 1531/11
Summary
null An internal short circuit in the battery may have the following effects: the battery swells to up to twice its thickness, overheats and reaches high temperatures which may cause fire damage. This occurs only if the battery is inserted in the handset and connected to the power supply via the charger.
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Product
Cordless telephone — Gigaset
- Brand
- Gigaset
- Name / model
- SL910, SL910A, SL910H up to and including week 38 of 2011.
- Batch number(s)
- -
- Category
- Communication and media equipment
- Cordless DECT telephone for the fixed analogue network. There are variants with and without answering machines.
What is the risk?
- null An internal short circuit in the battery may have the following effects: the battery swells to up to twice its thickness, overheats and reaches high temperatures which may cause fire damage. This occurs only if the battery is inserted in the handset and connected to the power supply via the charger.
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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