EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Electrical appliances and equipment
Extension cord Kraft&Dele — risk: electric shock
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/00776/24
Summary
The plug of a protection class-I appliance can be inserted into the socket of the extension cord, intended for appliances of protection class-II. A user who connects a class-I device to the extension cord may receive an electric shock. Further, the user could touch accessible live parts and receive an electric shock. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive nor with the IEC…
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Product
Extension cord — Kraft&Dele
- Brand
- Kraft&Dele
- Name / model
- Extension cord · KD4016
- Barcode
- 5903175335173
- Category
- Electrical appliances and equipment
- Orange coloured extension cord 50m long with one socket. Product sold online.
What is the risk?
- The plug of a protection class-I appliance can be inserted into the socket of the extension cord, intended for appliances of protection class-II. A user who connects a class-I device to the extension cord may receive an electric shock. Further, the user could touch accessible live parts and receive an electric shock. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive nor with the IEC standards 60884-1 and 60884-2-7.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: RetailerCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: 16/01/2024
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: RetailerCategory of measure(s): Warning consumers of the risks
- Date of entry into force: 16/01/2024
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: RetailerCategory of measure(s): Stop of sales
- Date of entry into force: 16/01/2024
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Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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