OPSS High Adaptors plugs sockets
Product Recall: US/Aus/EU/China to UK Travel Adaptor (2201-0320)
Published by Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS): · Ref. 2201-0320
Reason for the recall
- This product presents a high risk of electric shock due to shutters not covering the aperture fully.
Reasonsee the original notice
Brandnot stated
Batch number(s)not stated
Barcodenot stated
Product
US/Aus/EU/China to UK Travel Adaptor
- Category
- Adaptors plugs sockets
- Country of origin
- China
- Type of recall
- Product recall
- Summary
- Product: US/Aus/EU/China to UK Travel Adaptor
- Hazard: This product presents a high risk of electric shock due to shutters not covering the aperture fully.
- Corrective action: Recall of the product from end users. Removal of the listing by the online marketplace (Amazon).
- Product information
- Type
- Electrical appliances and equipment – travel adaptor
- ASIN
- B08KT4JTQP
- Country of Origin
- China
- Product description
- Two white travel adaptors supplied in a small transparent plastic bag. Travel adaptor has a CE mark present with wording ‘Travel Universal Adaptor with Safety Shutter.’
- Product Report and Image
- Link to Product Image and PDF
- Hazard
- The product has been identified as presenting a high risk of electric shock as the shutters did not fully cover the aperture. The test pin could slide past the shutters and touch live parts. Also, the plug pins are just over 2mm from the edge of the plug, less than the permissible minimum, and a fuse is not fitted. A user may touch the pins when plugging in, or unplugging the product, or otherwise access live parts through insufficient shutters, and experience an electric shock.
- The product does not meet the requirements of the Plugs and Sockets (Safety) Regulations 1994.
- Corrective action
- The product has been recalled from end users.
- The listing has been removed by the online marketplace (Amazon).
- Additional information
- PSD case number: 2201-0320
- Notified by: Local Authority Trading Standards
What to do
- Recall of the product from end users. Removal of the listing by the online marketplace (Amazon).
- Product information
- Type
- Electrical appliances and equipment – travel adaptor
- ASIN
- B08KT4JTQP
Source: Product Safety Alerts, Reports and Recalls (OPSS) — Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS)
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