EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Electrical appliances and equipment
Desk light Muuto “Architect lamp” — risk: electric shock, fire
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0070/14
Summary
null The light is not sufficiently stable and can fall over causing a fire. The cable is not anchored. The cable passes through an accessible metal eyelet which causes stress on the cable. There is no bushing of insulating material on the eyelet. There are no instructions on how to assemble the light in a safe way. It is possible to assemble the light in a wrong way.The product does not comply with the Low Voltage…
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Product
Desk light — Muuto
- Brand
- Muuto
- Name / model
- Architect lamp · Unknown
- Batch number(s)
- 5 710562 070711
- Category
- Electrical appliances and equipment
- Wooden desk light.
What is the risk?
- null The light is not sufficiently stable and can fall over causing a fire. The cable is not anchored. The cable passes through an accessible metal eyelet which causes stress on the cable. There is no bushing of insulating material on the eyelet. There are no instructions on how to assemble the light in a safe way. It is possible to assemble the light in a wrong way.The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60598.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 28/11/2013
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