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0973/07

Starting cables

Car Commerce

Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Notifying country
Slovakia
Counterfeit
No
Sold online
No
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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. 400A, 15s) the temperature of conductor reached 357 ºC, during the second starting impulse (max. 400A, 30s) the temperature of conductor reached more than 400 ºC, - after tests have finished, the insulation got on fire and conductors burned down.

Measures taken

  1. Voluntary withdrawal from the market and information to consumers by the distributor 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 red colour. On the product there is a mark of manufacturer, distributor, origin, type, art., number, code, name of the product both in Slovak and Polish language.
Brand
Car Commerce
Model / type
400A, 2,5m, Art. 42143, code: 0538

Original source

Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.

Alert number
0973/07 ↗
Weekly report
Report-2007-38
Published
27 September 2007

© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/-12675

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