EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Lighting chains
Lighting chain ETTS Germany “100 led lights” — risk: electric shock
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0239/13
Summary
null There is a risk of touching live parts because:- it is easy to pull the wires from the lamp-holders,- the cable insulation is not sufficient and could break- it is easy to pull the cable from the control unit or the plug,- the housing of the control unit has low mechanical strength and could break.The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60598.
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Product
Lighting chain — ETTS Germany
- Brand
- ETTS Germany
- Name / model
- 100 led lights · EK-04
- Batch number(s)
- 5608888339431
- Category
- Lighting chains
- Lighting chain with one hundred LED lights with cardboard packaging.
What is the risk?
- null There is a risk of touching live parts because:- it is easy to pull the wires from the lamp-holders,- the cable insulation is not sufficient and could break- it is easy to pull the cable from the control unit or the plug,- the housing of the control unit has low mechanical strength and could break.The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60598.
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Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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