EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Electrical appliances and equipment
Mobile phone charger Mr Gadget's Solutions “Unknown” — risk: electric shock
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0139/14
Summary
null The pins on the charger are over-sized. Force is required to insert the charger into and remove from a socket. This could cause mechanical damage to the socket and charger that could result in live parts being exposed with the risk of electric shock.The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60950 and the relevant national standard.
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Product
Mobile phone charger — Mr Gadget's Solutions
- Brand
- Mr Gadget's Solutions
- Name / model
- Unknown · Unknown
- Batch number(s)
- Unknown
- Category
- Electrical appliances and equipment
- Mobile phone charger with USB slot. Product comes individually packed in a plain white box with no markings. The base plate of the plug carries the wording Mr Gadget's.
What is the risk?
- null The pins on the charger are over-sized. Force is required to insert the charger into and remove from a socket. This could cause mechanical damage to the socket and charger that could result in live parts being exposed with the risk of electric shock.The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60950 and the relevant national standard.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Destruction of the product
- Date of entry into force: 07/01/2014
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