Food waste disposer
InSinkErator / Teka · Insinkerator
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- UK
- Counterfeit
- No
Requirements breached
If the disposer unit is not installed correctly or if the air switch is damaged, contact with water of the micro switch can cause surface arc tracking that can ignite the plastic base of the disposer and cause a fire. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European Standard EN 60335.
Measures taken
- - Voluntary measuresTaken by: OtherIn force from: 13 May 2015
Product
- Description
- Sink waste disposal unit. The disposer is turned on and off with air pressure via a sink-mounted button. This button is connected to the air switch activator assembly which is located on the bottom of the disposer. Affected products are those activated with an air switch, while the units activated
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A11/0041/15 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2015-024
- Published
- 11 June 2015
- Corrigendum
- Notification A12/0681/15 published on report 2015/21 of 29/05/15 has been modified following instructions from the national notifying authority.
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