OPSS Serious Electrical appliances equipment
Product Safety Report: Modundry Automatic Hand Dryer sold via Amazon (2603-0274)
Published by Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS):
Reason for the recall
- The product presents a serious risk of fire as it is supplied with a non-UK plug without a fuse link and an adaptor that does not meet the meet the dimensional requirements of BS 1363.
Reasonsee the original notice
BrandModundry
Batch number(s)not stated
Barcodenot stated
Product
Modundry Automatic Hand Dryer sold via Amazon
- Brand
- Modundry
- Name / model
- GSQ-M-798ABS-S
- Category
- Electrical appliances equipment
- Country of origin
- China
- Type of recall
- Product safety report
- Summary
- Product: Modundry Automatic Hand Dryer sold via Amazon
- Hazard: The product presents a serious risk of fire as it is supplied with a non-UK plug without a fuse link and an adaptor that does not meet the meet the dimensional requirements of BS 1363.
- Corrective action: The import has been rejected at the border and destroyed.
- Product information
- Type
- Electrical appliances and equipment - Hand Dryers
- Brand
- Modundry
- Model
- GSQ-M-798ABS-S
- Amazon product identifiers
- X002EBT359, X002EBTO7B, YHE25123107910008, FBA15L8PG375U000001, FBA15L8PG375U000005, FBA15L8PG375U000006-FBA15L8PG375U000010
- Country of Origin
- China
- Product Description
- A wall-mounting hand dryer with attached wall plug.
- Product Report and Image
- Link to product image and PDF
- Hazard
- The product presents a serious risk of fire as it is supplied with a non-UK plug without a fuse link. The fuse is required to ensure the safe operation of the plug under fault conditions, and its absence could lead to the plug overheating and/or exploding. The separate UK adaptor supplied with the product also failed to meet the dimensional requirements of BS 1363.
- The product does not meet the requirements of the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016 or the Plugs and Sockets (Safety) Regulations 1994.
- Corrective action
- The import has been rejected at the border and destroyed.
- Additional information
- PSD notification number: 2603-0274
- Notified by: Local Authority Trading Standards
What to do
- The import has been rejected at the border and destroyed.
- Product information
- Type
- Electrical appliances and equipment - Hand Dryers
Source: Product Safety Alerts, Reports and Recalls (OPSS) — Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS)
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