EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Hobby/sports equipment
Electric golf trolley Powakaddy “Digital Golf Trolley / Sports Golf Trolley” — risk: fire
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0888/15
Summary
null The battery pack can catch fire when being charged.
A Safety Gate alert means that national authorities found a serious or relevant risk and took measures. The same product may also be sold under other names or online.
HazardFire
Notified byUnited Kingdom
Country of originGermany
Intended forConsumer
Product
Electric golf trolley — Powakaddy
- Brand
- Powakaddy
- Name / model
- Digital Golf Trolley / Sports Golf Trolley · Battery packs:PK3785-02-02, PK3785-02-03, PK3785EBS, PK3785EBS-02-02, PK3840Li-01-02
- Batch number(s)
- The recall affects batteries manufactured in 2012. Battery serial numbers prefixed by “BKD”, “BKE”, “BKS”.
- Category
- Hobby/sports equipment
- Golf trolley fitted with lithium battery pack: 18 Hole Lithium Anderson Battery, 18 Hole Lithium Drop In Battery. The safety issue relates only to the battery packs. The battery packs were also sold separately.
What is the risk?
- null The battery pack can catch fire when being charged.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 21/05/2015
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Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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