EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Lighting equipment
Table lamp Keyang “LED Fold Super Capacity Desk Lamp” — risk: electric shock, fire
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1661/14
Summary
null The dimensions of the mains plug of the battery charger are not correct. The live parts of the socket on the cable are easily accessible. The cross-sectional area of the cores of the internal wires is too small and in case of a short circuit the internal wires may overheat and cause a fire. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant standard EN 60598.
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Product
Table lamp — Keyang
- Brand
- Keyang
- Name / model
- LED Fold Super Capacity Desk Lamp · KY-6668
- Batch number(s)
- 6 952201 066689
- Category
- Lighting equipment
- A blue and white folding rechargeable portable table lamp with 24 LEDs. A battery charger is attached to the product. The base of the lamp includes a blue operating button, a red charge indicator lamp and a plug for the battery charger. Packaging: transparent blister pack.
What is the risk?
- null The dimensions of the mains plug of the battery charger are not correct. The live parts of the socket on the cable are easily accessible. The cross-sectional area of the cores of the internal wires is too small and in case of a short circuit the internal wires may overheat and cause a fire. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant standard EN 60598.
Measures taken
- 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: Unknown
- 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: 04/03/2014
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