OPSS Serious Electrical appliances equipment
Product Safety Report: Waxing Kit, AX-911 sold via Amazon (2405-0074)
Published by Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS): · Ref. 2405-0074
Reason for the recall
- The product presents a serious risk of electric shock as it is inadequately earthed.
Reasonsee the original notice
Brandnot stated
Batch number(s)not stated
BarcodeX00106ZRZJ
Product
Waxing Kit, AX-911 sold via Amazon
- Barcode
- X00106ZRZJ
- Category
- Electrical appliances equipment
- Country of origin
- Unknown
- Type of recall
- Product safety report
- Summary
- Product: Waxing Kit, AX-911 sold via Amazon
- Hazard: The product presents a serious risk of electric shock as it is inadequately earthed.
- Corrective action: The import has been rejected at the border.
- Product information
- Type
- Electrical appliances and equipment – Wax Heater
- Barcode
- X00106ZRZJ
- Country of Origin
- Unknown
- Product description
- White wax heater with blue lid and labelling.
- Product Report and Image
- Link to Product Image and PDF
- Hazard
- The product presents a high risk of electric shock. The bowl of the product had a lacquer present preventing an adequate protective earth connection to accessible metal parts, which can allow the product to become live under fault conditions. The fuse also did not contain a ballast and is considered counterfeit, preventing its protective function from operating under fault conditions.
- The product also required improvement to marking, labelling and documentation.
- The product does not meet the requirements of the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016 or the Plugs & Sockets etc. (Safety) Regulations 1994.
- Corrective action
- The import has been rejected at the border.
- The listing has been removed by the online marketplace (Amazon).
- Additional information
- PSD case number: 2405-0074
- Notified by: Local Authority Trading Standards
What to do
- The import has been rejected at the border.
- Product information
- Type
- Electrical appliances and equipment – Wax Heater
Source: Product Safety Alerts, Reports and Recalls (OPSS) — Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS)
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