EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Electrical appliances and equipment
Power converter US-TRONIC — risk: electric shock, fire
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1298/18
Summary
The product's design enables partial insertion of the pins, thus leaving live parts accessible. Furthermore, conductors in the switch are held in place simply by welding and therefore are not fixed sufficiently. This could lead to a risk of electric shock or fire.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 61558.
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Product
Power converter — US-TRONIC
- Brand
- US-TRONIC
- Name / model
- Model TTR-100-REV 180210
- Category
- Electrical appliances and equipment
- Travel adaptor/power converter used to change 110 V into 220 V
What is the risk?
- The product's design enables partial insertion of the pins, thus leaving live parts accessible. Furthermore, conductors in the switch are held in place simply by welding and therefore are not fixed sufficiently. This could lead to a risk of electric shock or fire.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 61558.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): ImporterCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
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