"Lichterbaum"
Lighting chainsElectric shock
- Notifying country
- Germany
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
The contacts in the lampholders must be reliably protected against displacement to ensure that live components of the chain are not exposed. In this case the contacts fell out of the lampholders as soon as the bulbs were removed. The contact retention requirements are not met; and live components can be exposed. This product does not comply with the LVD Directive and the European Standards.
Measures taken
- Voluntary destruction of the product by the retailer. Voluntary measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- "Lichterbaum" (string of lights in the shape of a Christmas tree).Brand: Unknown.Type/number of model: Unknown.
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 0690/05 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2005-52
- Published
- 29 December 2005
- Corrigendum
- Corrigendum On the basis of information received by the Commission from the manufacturer and German authority, the description of the danger in the notification no. 0694/05 in the week report n° 52 – 2005 has been modified. Although, according to the information received by the Commission, the notified product does not present serious risks to the health and safety of consumers we decided to maintain this information on the website to inform consumers about the risk'.
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