EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Lighting chains
Lighting chain “lampki choinkowe” — risk: electric shock
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. SR/02437/25
Summary
Due to the insufficient mechanical strength of the lighting chain, access to live parts is possible, which may result in an electric shock. The product has other technical deficiencies that could pose a risk to the safety or health of consumers such as insufficient nominal cross-section of the conductors, insufficient design, when the extension socket allows a single-pole plug insertion and also does not meet the…
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Product
Lighting chain
- Name / model
- lampki choinkowe · 505B
- Category
- Lighting chains
- Lighting chain designed for interconnection, containing 500 non-replaceable LED light sources and a device for changing lighting modes. Product sold online, in particular via ledziarovka.eu
- Recall information: https://www.ledziarovka.eu/p/446/oznamenie-o-nebezpecnych-vyrobkoch-
What is the risk?
- Due to the insufficient mechanical strength of the lighting chain, access to live parts is possible, which may result in an electric shock. The product has other technical deficiencies that could pose a risk to the safety or health of consumers such as insufficient nominal cross-section of the conductors, insufficient design, when the extension socket allows a single-pole plug insertion and also does not meet the declared requirements for protection against moisture. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive nor with the European standards EN 60598-1 and EN 60598-2-20.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Warning consumers of the risks
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
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