
Car accessories - Starter cables/Booster cables
AUTOMAX car accessories
Motor vehiclesFire
- 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 fire because: - the maximum external diameter of cable for the indicated diameter of nucleus of 0.5 mm should be 2.3 mm, whereas the real measured diameter is 7.3 mm, - resistance of nucleus should be maximum 37.1 mΩ,/m whereas the real measured value is 47.8 mΩ,/m. The product does not comply with the relevant standard ISO 6722.
Measures taken
- Withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers ordered by the authorities. Compulsory measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- The starter cable for connecting the positive poles of the accumulator is black; the starting cable for connecting negative poles of the accumulator is red. The product is packed in a plastic bag with marking "BOOSTER CABLE," "AUTOMAX CAR ACCESSORIES", EAN code, Art. Nr. and address of the company "best AUTOMAX" in Slovakia. Sticker on the pack contains data: 200 amp, length 175 cm, voltage 12/24 V, diameter 1.0 mm.
- Brand
- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 0652/08 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2008-24
- Published
- 19 June 2008
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