OPSS Serious Hobby sports equipment
Product Safety Report: G-FORCE Electric Bike DE-S (2605-0022)
Published by Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS):
Reason for the recall
- The product presents a serious risk of fire because the plug adaptor supplied does not meet the dimensional requirements of BS 1363 and cannot make a secure connection with a UK plug socket.
Reasonsee the original notice
BrandG-FORCE
Batch number(s)not stated
Barcodenot stated
Product
G-FORCE Electric Bike DE-S
- Brand
- G-FORCE
- Category
- Hobby sports equipment
- Country of origin
- China
- Type of recall
- Product safety report
- Summary
- Product: G-FORCE Electric Bike DE-S
- Hazard: The product presents a serious risk of fire because the plug adaptor supplied does not meet the dimensional requirements of BS 1363 and cannot make a secure connection with a UK plug socket.
- Corrective action: The import has been rejected at the border and destroyed.
- Product information
- Type
- Hobby/sports equipment - Cycles (Powered)
- Brand
- G-FORCE
- eBike model
- DE-S
- Charger model
- BC480704
- Battery model
- GL4845
- eBike serial number
- FUNAGEU2504030121
- Charger serial number
- AP2505HE 000123
- Country of Origin
- China
- Product Description
- A black electric bike with power supply and wall plug for charging.
- Product Report and Image
- Link to Product Image and PDF
- Hazard
- The product presents a serious risk of fire because the plug adaptor supplied does not meet the dimensional requirements of BS 1363 and cannot make a secure connection with a UK plug socket. Over time, this leads to the adaptor overheating and catching fire. The supplied plug also does not have capacity for a fuse. A fuse is required to ensure the safe operation of the product under fault conditions, and its absence could lead to the plug exploding and/or catching fire.
- The product does not meet the requirements of the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008 or the Plugs & Sockets (Safety) Regulations 1994.
- Corrective action
- The import has been rejected at the border and destroyed.
- Additional information
- PSD notification number: 2605-0022
- Notified by: Local Authority Trading Standards
What to do
- The import has been rejected at the border and destroyed.
- Product information
- Type
- Hobby/sports equipment - Cycles (Powered)
Source: Product Safety Alerts, Reports and Recalls (OPSS) — Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS)
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