EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Lighting chains
String lights — risk: electric shock
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0361/17
Summary
null The live parts of the travel adaptor can be easily touched by users as there are no safety gates preventing access. A person could touch the live part of the adaptor and receive an electric shock.The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive, the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994 or BS 1363.
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Product
String lights
- Name / model
- EK-04
- Batch number(s)
- X000LFDNWT
- Category
- Lighting chains
- Warm white LED light string garland with UK travel adaptor. Packed in a blue box with snowy pine trees, with white stars and patterns around the edge; orange, yellow and white text written in Russian; image of Santa Claus with a circle of small yellow stars around.
What is the risk?
- null The live parts of the travel adaptor can be easily touched by users as there are no safety gates preventing access. A person could touch the live part of the adaptor and receive an electric shock.The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive, the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994 or BS 1363.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
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