EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Lighting equipment
LED spotlight V-TAC “LED SPOTLIGHT/LED lámpa MR16” — risk: electric shock
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0611/15
Summary
null The live parts of the light source are directly accessible due to the incorrect lamp head. In addition, safety warnings in national language are missing.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standards EN 60335.
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Product
LED spotlight — V-TAC
- Brand
- V-TAC
- Name / model
- LED SPOTLIGHT/LED lámpa MR16 · VT-1882 (SKU 1619)
- Batch number(s)
- 3 800230 627087
- Category
- Lighting equipment
- LED light bulb with 12 LED-chip. Technical parameters: 170-240 V; 50 Hz; 3 W GU5.3; 6000 K; 42 mA; 200 lm; 110°Packaging: cardboard box.
What is the risk?
- null The live parts of the light source are directly accessible due to the incorrect lamp head. In addition, safety warnings in national language are missing.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standards 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: 10/03/2015
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