EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Electrical appliances and equipment
Extension lead APPIO “Power socket” — risk: electric shock
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/00774/24
Summary
The live pin holes of the sockets are not equipped with shutters. Live parts may become accessible, and a user could touch them, leading to an electric shock. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive nor with the IEC standards 60884-2-7 and 60884-1.
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Product
Extension lead — APPIO
- Brand
- APPIO
- Name / model
- Power socket · F06U, L121
- Barcode
- 5904708505513
- Category
- Electrical appliances and equipment
- Extension lead with six sockets and four USB ports.
What is the risk?
- The live pin holes of the sockets are not equipped with shutters. Live parts may become accessible, and a user could touch them, leading to an electric shock. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive nor with the IEC standards 60884-2-7 and 60884-1.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): ManufacturerCategory of measure(s): Destruction of the product
- Date of entry into force: 06/02/2024
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): ManufacturerCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: 06/02/2024
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): ManufacturerCategory of measure(s): Warning consumers of the risks
- Date of entry into force: 06/02/2024
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