
Christmas lighting chain
Multi function
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- Slovakia
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
The product poses a risk of electric shock and fire because: - the length of the cable between the plug and the first bulb is insufficient, - the insulation of bulbs is insufficient, - during mechanical testing the conductors of the network plug spring leaving live parts accessible, - the cover of the flasher unit breaks during the test leaving live parts accessible, - the conductors can be easily moved from and into the flasher unit, - the nominal cross-section of the conductors is insufficient (detected value is 0.055 mm², which is less than 0.5 mm² required by the standard). The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60598.
Measures taken
- Voluntary withdrawal from the market and recall form consumers by the distributor. Voluntary measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- Christmas lighting chain of 100 non-exchangeable lamps, equipped with a flasher unit marked with “Flasher control unit, 220V, AC, 50 Hz, 0,33A, CE". The flasher unit contains a button for switching between functions. The product is packed in a blue cardboard box with Christmas motif on the top and marking on the bottom in 3 languages.
- Brand
- Model / type
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Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 0291/08 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2008-9
- Published
- 6 March 2008
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