OPSS Serious Electrical appliances equipment
Product Recall: 200 LED Net Lights for Outdoor Use sold via Wish (2207-0216)
Published by Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS): · Ref. 2207-0216
Reason for the recall
- The product presents a serious risk of electric shock due to its poor mechanical strength and lack of adequate creepage and clearance distances. The product also features an interconnection that plug does not meet dimensional requirements.
Reasonsee the original notice
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Product
200 LED Net Lights for Outdoor Use sold via Wish
- Category
- Electrical appliances equipment
- Country of origin
- China
- Type of recall
- Product recall
- Summary
- Product: 200 LED Net Lights for Outdoor Use sold via Wish
- Hazard: The product presents a serious risk of electric shock due to its poor mechanical strength and lack of adequate creepage and clearance distances. The product also features an interconnection that plug does not meet dimensional requirements.
- Corrective action: The product has been recalled from end users. The listing has been removed by the online marketplace (Wish).
- Product information
- Type
- Electrical appliances and equipment – Lighting chain
- Wish ID
- af34cede97b74088b600ee3a7b4e3b0c
- Listing Name
- 200 LEDs Net Lights Waterproof Net Light Fairy String Lights Christmas Outdoor Holiday Festival Garden Lamp Outdoor Wedding Decoration US/EU/UK plug
- Country of Origin
- China
- Product description
- A clear coloured lighting chain with a white plug on one end and white control box at the other end.
- Product Report and Image
- Link to Product Image and PDF
- Hazard
- The product presents a serious risk of electric shock due to its poor mechanical strength and lack of adequate creepage and clearance distances. The product also features an interconnection that plug does not meet dimensional requirements. When tested, the plastic control enclosure broke open giving users access to live parts. Additionally, the minimum creepage and clearance distances between live and neutral on the control printed circuit board (PCB) tracks were measured as less than 1mm. The minimum required is 1.5 mm clearance and 2.5 mm creepage. The product did not contain a marking label and no user instructions were provided. Some of the required documentation and markings were not present.
- The product does not meet the requirements of the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016.
- Corrective action
- The product has been recalled from end users.
- The listing has been removed by the online marketplace (Wish).
- Additional information
- PSD case number: 2207-0216
- Notified by: Office for Product Safety and Standards
What to do
- The product has been recalled from end users. The listing has been removed by the online marketplace (Wish).
- Product information
- Type
- Electrical appliances and equipment – Lighting chain
- Wish ID
- af34cede97b74088b600ee3a7b4e3b0c
- Listing Name
- 200 LEDs Net Lights Waterproof Net Light Fairy String Lights Christmas Outdoor Holiday Festival Garden Lamp Outdoor Wedding Decoration US/EU/UK plug
Source: Product Safety Alerts, Reports and Recalls (OPSS) — Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS)
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