
Mobile phone charger
FS Accessories
Electrical appliances and equipmentElectric shock
- Notifying country
- UK
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
The product poses a risk of electric shock due to : - lack of double insulation. - live and neutral parts are only 0.9 mm apart (standard requires min 2 mm). - insufficient wiring and non-secured soldering likely to cause a short circuit. - inadequate construction. One catastrophic failure reported. The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60950.
Measures taken
- Withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities. Compulsory measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- Mobile phone battery chargers (various) in individual cardboard boxes. All marked ‘FS Accessories High Quality Travel Charger’.
- Brand
- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 0289/08 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2008-9
- Published
- 6 March 2008
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