EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Electrical appliances and equipment
Glue gun Shun Xin “Hot Melt Glue Gun” — risk: electric shock
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0704/17
Summary
null The dimensions of the plug are such that the user could touch the live pins when connecting the plug to a socket outlet.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60335.
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Product
Glue gun — Shun Xin
- Brand
- Shun Xin
- Name / model
- Hot Melt Glue Gun · HE-20W; Item No:A6
- Batch number(s)
- 8 426292 003888; 0 013002 000015
- Category
- Electrical appliances and equipment
- Black, electric glue gun in transparent plastic blister packaging.
What is the risk?
- null The dimensions of the plug are such that the user could touch the live pins when connecting the plug to a socket outlet.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60335.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: DistributorCategory 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: DistributorCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 07/03/2017
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