EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Electrical appliances and equipment
Travel charger kit Xenic — risk: electric shock
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0120/19
Summary
The clearance and creepage distances between the primary and accessible secondary circuits in the transformer are not sufficient. Accessible parts can become live and the user could receive an electric shock from them.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standards EN 60950.
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Product
Travel charger kit — Xenic
- Brand
- Xenic
- Name / model
- Travel charger kit · RT-29 White
- Batch number(s)
- 5907747839519
- Category
- Electrical appliances and equipment
- 3-in-1 kit for data transfer and recharging mobile phones. The kit contains a USB charger 100/230V, a USB car charger 12/24V and a micro USB data cable with LED capacity indicator. The product is supplied in a cardboard box with plastic windows.
What is the risk?
- The clearance and creepage distances between the primary and accessible secondary circuits in the transformer are not sufficient. Accessible parts can become live and the user could receive an electric shock from them.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standards EN 60950.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: DistributorCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 07/09/2018
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