EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Electrical appliances and equipment
UV nail lamp “UV LAMP” — risk: cuts, electric shock, fire
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0524/17
Summary
null The plastic casing is not sufficiently heat resistant and may overheat and catch fire. The accessible metal parts of the UV tubes are separated with only basic insulation from the live parts. The wire ends of the cable are not properly secured and could detach causing them to become accessible or causing accessible metal parts to become live. If an internal short circuit occurred, the fluorescent lamp may…
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Product
UV nail lamp
- Name / model
- UV LAMP · FMD707
- Category
- Electrical appliances and equipment
- Mains operated, nail dryer with white casing. Packaging: cardboard box.
What is the risk?
- null The plastic casing is not sufficiently heat resistant and may overheat and catch fire. The accessible metal parts of the UV tubes are separated with only basic insulation from the live parts. The wire ends of the cable are not properly secured and could detach causing them to become accessible or causing accessible metal parts to become live. If an internal short circuit occurred, the fluorescent lamp may explode causing cuts to the user. The warnings supplied with the product are insufficient.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60335.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: DistributorCategory 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: DistributorCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 29/12/2016
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