EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Lighting equipment
Table lamp Keyang “LED Super Capacity Desk Lamp” — risk: electric shock, fire
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1636/14
Summary
null The lamp is appealing to children who may play with the lamp when it is plugged into a mains socket. The pins of the built-in plug are not properly designed and the user can touch the live pins of the lamp when plugging the lamp into a mains socket. The insulation between the live parts and the accessible parts of the product is not sufficient. The cross-sectional area of the core of the wires is too small and…
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Product
Table lamp — Keyang
- Brand
- Keyang
- Name / model
- LED Super Capacity Desk Lamp · KY-6618
- Batch number(s)
- 6 952201 066184
- Category
- Lighting equipment
- Rechargeable, portable table lamp with 21 LEDs. The base of the lamp is in the shape of a monkey which includes a yellow operating button and a red charge indicator lamp. The lamp can be charged by plugging the pins of the built-in plug into the mains. Packaging: transparent blister pack.
What is the risk?
- null The lamp is appealing to children who may play with the lamp when it is plugged into a mains socket. The pins of the built-in plug are not properly designed and the user can touch the live pins of the lamp when plugging the lamp into a mains socket. The insulation between the live parts and the accessible parts of the product is not sufficient. The cross-sectional area of the core of the wires is too small and in case of a short circuit the wires may overheat and cause a fire.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive, the relevant European standard EN 60598 and the relevant national standard.
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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