EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Lighting chains
LED Strip light — risk: electric shock
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1342/12
Summary
null The mains charger supplied with the product does not have adequate mechanical strength and can melt resulting in live parts becoming accessible which could be accidentally touched by the user.The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive (LVD) and the relevant European standard EN 61558.
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Product
LED Strip light
- Name / model
- LED strip · XHY-290
- Batch number(s)
- Unknown
- Category
- Lighting chains
- ‘LED Strip’ Flexible Sealed Lighting Chain (inc. power supply unit – model XHY-290. 100-240V ac input to 12V dc 4 A output).
What is the risk?
- null The mains charger supplied with the product does not have adequate mechanical strength and can melt resulting in live parts becoming accessible which could be accidentally touched by the user.The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive (LVD) and the relevant European standard EN 61558.
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