OPSS Serious Electrical appliances equipment
Product Safety Report: Lithium Electric Tool (2207-0196)
Published by Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS): · Ref. 2207-0196
Reason for the recall
- The product presents a serious risk of electric sock as it has insufficient creepage and clearance distances and has poor quality soldering. The plug face did not meet the dimensional requirements of BS 1363 due to the distance between the neutral and the outside edge.
Reasonsee the original notice
Brandnot stated
Batch number(s)not stated
Barcodenot stated
Product
Unbranded Lithium Electric Tool
- Category
- Electrical appliances equipment
- Type of recall
- Product safety report
- Summary
- Product: Unbranded Lithium Electric Tool
- Hazard: The product presents a serious risk of electric sock as it has insufficient creepage and clearance distances and has poor quality soldering. The plug face did not meet the dimensional requirements of BS 1363 due to the distance between the neutral and the outside edge.
- Corrective action: The import has been rejected at the border.
- Product information
- Type
- Machinery - Lithium Electric Tool
- Product description
- Black and blue battery powered wrench supplied in a black toolbox
- Product Report and Image
- Link to product image and PDF
- Hazard
- The product presents a serious risk of electric sock as it has insufficient creepage and clearance distances and has poor quality soldering. The plug face did not meet the dimensional requirements of BS 1363 because the distance between the neutral and the outside edge measured at 8.1mm where the standard requires this measurement to be a minimum of 9.5mm.
- The product does not meet the requirements of the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016.
- Corrective action
- The import has been rejected at the border.
- Additional information
- PSD case number: 2207-0196
- Notified by: Local Authority Trading Standards
What to do
- The import has been rejected at the border.
- Product information
- Type
- Machinery - Lithium Electric Tool
- Product description
- Black and blue battery powered wrench supplied in a black toolbox
- Product Report and Image
- Link to product image and PDF
- Hazard
- The product presents a serious risk of electric sock as it has insufficient creepage and clearance distances and has poor quality soldering. The plug face did not meet the dimensional requirements of BS 1363 because the distance between the neutral and the outside edge measured at 8.1mm where the standard requires this measurement to be a minimum of 9.5mm.
- The product does not meet the requirements of the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016.
- Corrective action
- The import has been rejected at the border.
- Additional information
Source: Product Safety Alerts, Reports and Recalls (OPSS) — Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS)
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