OPSS Serious Adaptors plugs sockets
Product Recall: HK:088 Travel Adaptor (2103-0229)
Published by Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS): · Ref. 2103-0229
Reason for the recall
- The product presents a risk of electric shock as it is possible for users to touch live parts.
Reasonsee the original notice
Brandnot stated
Batch number(s)not stated
BarcodeMC00110023
Product
Travel Adaptor Model HK:088
- Name / model
- number
- Barcode
- MC00110023
- Category
- Adaptors plugs sockets
- Country of origin
- Unknown
- Type of recall
- Product recall
- Summary
- Product: Travel Adaptor Model HK:088
- Hazard: The product presents a risk of electric shock as it is possible for users to touch live parts.
- Corrective action: Recall of the product from end users
- Product information
- Type
- Electrical appliances and equipment – UK plug adaptor
- Barcode
- MC00110023
- Model number
- HK:088
- Country of Origin
- Unknown
- Product description
- White non-UK plug to UK socket adaptor with yellow metal pins.
- Product Report and Image
- Link to Product Image and PDF
- Hazard
- The product presents a risk of electric shock as the plug pins do not meet the dimensional requirements and the
- socket openings are not shuttered.
- Users may inadvertently touch live pins of the adaptor or contact internal circuitry and receive an electric shock.
- There is a risk of overheating and fire due to poor electrical connections within the product.
- Some required markings were not included on the adaptor.
- The product does not meet the requirements of the Plugs and Sockets etc. (Safety) Regulations 1994.
- Corrective action
- The product has been recalled from end users via eBay.
- Additional information
- PSD case number: 2103-0229
- Notified by: Local Authority Trading Standards
What to do
- Recall of the product from end users
- Product information
- Type
- Electrical appliances and equipment – UK plug adaptor
Source: Product Safety Alerts, Reports and Recalls (OPSS) — Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS)
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