
Starting cable
ALPIN
- Notifying country
- Slovakia
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
This product poses a serious risk of fire because at simulation of thermal overload of cable, allowed temperature during the starting impulse is 135 ºC. When testing, during the one starting impulse (max. 200A, 15s) the temperature of conductor reached 263 ºC, during the second starting impulse (max. 200A, 30s) the temperature of conductor reached more than 400 ºC. After the tests were finished, the insulation got on fire and the conductors burned down. This product does not comply with the relevant standards.
Measures taken
- Voluntary withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers Voluntary measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- Starting cable for connecting positive poles of accumulator has a black colour. Starting cable for connecting negative poles of accumulator has a red colour. On the product there is a mark of distributors for SR, Slovenia and CR, manufacturer and article number.
- Brand
- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 0948/07 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2007-37
- Published
- 20 September 2007
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