EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Electrical appliances and equipment
Shower speaker with USB charger Lynx / Axe “Floating/ shower speaker” — risk: burns, fire
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0229/19
Summary
The charging cable of the speaker could overheat. The overheated cable could cause burns if touched or lead to a fire if left close to flammable products.
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Product
Shower speaker with USB charger — Lynx / Axe
- Brand
- Lynx / Axe
- Name / model
- Floating/ shower speaker · Models: Lynx - "Black and The Golden Year"; 15800 E11115/ 1804Axe - "Dark Temptation"
- Batch number(s)
- 8710447348123 (Lynx "The Golden Year");8710522349168 (Lynx "Black")CE 8710447348550; HE 8710522355725 (Axe "Dark Temptation")
- Category
- Electrical appliances and equipment
- Gift-packs, consisting of bodyspray (150 ml), bodywash (250 ml), anti-perspirant (150 ml) and a shower speaker with a USB cable. Sold in a cardboard box.
What is the risk?
- The charging cable of the speaker could overheat. The overheated cable could cause burns if touched or lead to a fire if left close to flammable products.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 24/01/2019
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Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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