EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Electrical appliances and equipment
Insect killer Mentavill “ROVARCSAPDA / APARAT INSECTE” — risk: electric shock
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1082/19
Summary
The design of the device is appealing to children. They may consequently use the product in play and insert a metal object (e.g. a spoon) through the protective grille, touching live parts of the product. The internal wiring can become damaged through contact with sharp edges of the insecticide grid. The user may touch the damaged wiring and receive an electric shock when removing the protective grille for cleaning…
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Product
Insect killer — Mentavill
- Brand
- Mentavill
- Name / model
- ROVARCSAPDA / APARAT INSECTE · 600000
- Batch number(s)
- 5 998282 143636
- Category
- Electrical appliances and equipment
- Frog-shaped insect killer with UV lamp and fan. Packaging: colourful cardboard box.
What is the risk?
- The design of the device is appealing to children. They may consequently use the product in play and insert a metal object (e.g. a spoon) through the protective grille, touching live parts of the product. The internal wiring can become damaged through contact with sharp edges of the insecticide grid. The user may touch the damaged wiring and receive an electric shock when removing the protective grille for cleaning purpose.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: 20/05/2019
- 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: 20/05/2019
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