EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Electrical appliances and equipment
Glue gun “Hot Melt Glue Gun” — risk: electric shock
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1281/13
Summary
null The product poses a risk of electric shock because live parts are accessible due to:- insufficient quality of the insulation;- insufficient cross-section area of the mains supply cable;- insufficient dimensions of the plugs.The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60335.
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Product
Glue gun
- Name / model
- Hot Melt Glue Gun · WN-A03
- Batch number(s)
- Unknown
- Category
- Electrical appliances and equipment
- The glue gun has black plastic cover, orange trigger and metal support bracket.Main parts of the glue gun are a metal nozzle, directly mains-operated heating element; two-wire, single insulated mains supply cable and two-pole flat plug. The prodcut is packaged in blister.
What is the risk?
- null The product poses a risk of electric shock because live parts are accessible due to:- insufficient quality of the insulation;- insufficient cross-section area of the mains supply cable;- insufficient dimensions of the plugs.The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60335.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
- 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: 11/06/2013
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