
Glue gun
WORKERS BEST · Hot-Melt Gun 40W
Electrical appliances and equipmentElectric shock
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- Hungary
Requirements breached
The product poses a risk of electric shock because live parts are accessible, which is due to insufficient insulation between the live parts and the accessible parts. In addition, the dimensions of the plug may lead the user to touch its pin when connecting it. The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60335.
Measures taken
- Recall of the product from end users Compulsory measuresTaken by: OtherIn force from: 24 May 2014
- Withdrawal of the product from the market Compulsory measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- The glue gun has a blue plastic cover, orange trigger and metal support bracket. Main parts of the glue gun: metal nozzle; directly mains-operated heating element; two-wire, double insulated, approx. 132 cm long mains supply cable (without marking); two-pole flat plug (with marking: 2.5A250V~, Y00
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Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/1192/14 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2014-031
- Published
- 29 July 2014
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