EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Electrical appliances and equipment
Plug adaptor "CITY' PLUG" — risk: electric shock
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. 0641/11
Summary
null The product poses a risk of electric shock, because it is possible to insert a plug with a higher rating than that indicated in a socket. The sockets on the adaptor are not recessed, meaning that one of the pins on a plug may still be accessible while the plug is live. The product does not comply with the relevant national standard UNE 20315.
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Product
Plug adaptor "CITY' PLUG"
- Name / model
- Item No MU 5
- Category
- Electrical appliances and equipment
- Black plastic plug. Description of the packaging: The plug is packaged individually in a plastic blister pack. The word ‘City’ and the article number appear on the front of the packaging.
What is the risk?
- null The product poses a risk of electric shock, because it is possible to insert a plug with a higher rating than that indicated in a socket. The sockets on the adaptor are not recessed, meaning that one of the pins on a plug may still be accessible while the plug is live. The product does not comply with the relevant national standard UNE 20315.
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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