EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Lighting equipment
LED bulb “Party LED” — risk: electric shock
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1232/17
Summary
null Live parts can be touched through the opening between the cover and the casing. The cover can be rotated, which could lead to the live cable detaching and becoming accessible.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 62560.
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Product
LED bulb
- Name / model
- Party LED
- Batch number(s)
- 5 998284 7039065 998284 704330
- Category
- Lighting equipment
- LED bulb with rotating, egg-shaped, plastic casing, 3 W, E27. Packaging: cardboard box.
What is the risk?
- null Live parts can be touched through the opening between the cover and the casing. The cover can be rotated, which could lead to the live cable detaching and becoming accessible.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 62560.
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: 09/05/2017
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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