OPSS High Entertainment leisure products indoors
Product Safety Report: Heat Lamp 323N sold via eBay (2301-0097)
Published by Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS): · Ref. 2301-0097
Reason for the recall
- The product presents a high risk of fire as the product’s plug had a counterfeit fuse which was not supplied with any granular filler.
Reasonsee the original notice
Brandnot stated
Batch number(s)not stated
Barcodenot stated
Product
Heat Lamp 323N
- Name / model
- 323N
- Category
- Entertainment leisure products indoors
- Country of origin
- China
- Type of recall
- Product safety report
- Summary
- Product: Heat Lamp 323N
- Hazard: The product presents a high risk of fire as the product’s plug had a counterfeit fuse which was not supplied with any granular filler.
- Corrective action: Import rejected at the border. The listing has been removed by the online marketplace (eBay).
- Product information
- Type
- Electrical appliances and equipment – Heat Lamp
- Model
- 323N
- SKU
- OC000000780 8554
- Country of Origin
- China
- Product Description
- Lamp with a large lampshade and red bulb. Includes power supply
- Product Report and Image
- Link to product image and PDF
- Hazard
- The product presents a high risk of fire as the product’s plug had a counterfeit fuse which was not supplied with any granular filler and which was too short and small. If a fault was to occur, the fuse would not function which could lead to a fire. The plug also did not meet the requirements of the relevant standard, with the lengths of the live, neutral and earth pins too short.
- The product requires improvements to markings, labelling and documentation and does not meet the requirements of the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016.
- Corrective action
- Import rejected at the border.
- The listing has been removed by the online marketplace (eBay).
- Additional information
- PSD case number: 2301-0097
- Notified by: Local Authority Trading Standards
What to do
- Import rejected at the border. The listing has been removed by the online marketplace (eBay).
- Product information
- Type
- Electrical appliances and equipment – Heat Lamp
Source: Product Safety Alerts, Reports and Recalls (OPSS) — Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS)
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