EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Electrical appliances and equipment
Travel charger for mobile phone X-plus — risk: electric shock, fire
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. 0408/11
Summary
null The product poses a risk of fire and electric shock because:- the adaptor does not have adequate insulation;- weak fixing of internal wires mean that a wire could come loose and reduce creepage distances and clearances;- the adaptor has inadequately sized pins. The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive (LVD) and the relevant national standard BS1363.
A Safety Gate alert means that national authorities found a serious or relevant risk and took measures. The same product may also be sold under other names or online.
Product
Travel charger for mobile phone — X-plus
- Brand
- X-plus
- Name / model
- For D800/D820/D300
- Batch number(s)
- -
- Category
- Electrical appliances and equipment
- Black mobile phone charger with half moon shape LED light. Input AC100-240V 50/60 Hz. Output: DC5.2V 450mA
What is the risk?
- null The product poses a risk of fire and electric shock because:- the adaptor does not have adequate insulation;- weak fixing of internal wires mean that a wire could come loose and reduce creepage distances and clearances;- the adaptor has inadequately sized pins. The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive (LVD) and the relevant national standard BS1363.
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
Data and images: Safety Gate, © European Union, licensed under CC BY 4.0. EU Safety Radar is an independent information service; the text above is an editorial presentation of the official data — the entry in the source system is authoritative.
Open in Safety Gate ↗