EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Electrical appliances and equipment
Travel plug adaptor Mercury “UK to Europe Travel Adaptor” — risk: electric shock
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1648/14
Summary
null The live pins of a plug are accessible during the insertion of the plug in to the adaptor.The product does not comply with the relevant standard IEC 60884.
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Product
Travel plug adaptor — Mercury
- Brand
- Mercury
- Name / model
- UK to Europe Travel Adaptor · 9168A
- Batch number(s)
- 5015972038536
- Category
- Electrical appliances and equipment
- Travel plug adaptor, sold in a blue-grey transparent cardboard package.
What is the risk?
- null The live pins of a plug are accessible during the insertion of the plug in to the adaptor.The product does not comply with the relevant standard IEC 60884.
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: 10/09/2014
- 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: 10/09/2014
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