EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Electrical appliances and equipment
Power bank Dunlop — risk: electric shock, fire
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/01852/20
Summary
Due to the lack of battery management system, the cells in the power bank are not protected from temperatures outside their specifications; the product also lacks protection against charging currents outside their specifications. Therefore, under high ambient temperature the lithium-ion cells may catch fire.Furthermore, the conductors’ connections are not secured, therefore if one gets loose it may reduce the…
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Product
Power bank — Dunlop
- Brand
- Dunlop
- Name / model
- Power bank · 06910
- Batch number(s)
- 8711252069104
- Barcode
- 8711252069104
- Category
- Electrical appliances and equipment
- Power bank. The product is also sold online.
What is the risk?
- Due to the lack of battery management system, the cells in the power bank are not protected from temperatures outside their specifications; the product also lacks protection against charging currents outside their specifications. Therefore, under high ambient temperature the lithium-ion cells may catch fire.Furthermore, the conductors’ connections are not secured, therefore if one gets loose it may reduce the clearance /creepage distances. Therefore, accessible parts can become live and the user could receive an electric shock from them. The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 60950-1.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Warning consumers of the risks
- Date of entry into force: 21/04/2020
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: 21/04/2020
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures
- Date of entry into force: 21/04/2020
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 21/04/2020
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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