Travel plug adapter

GTV · TRAVEL UNIVERSAL ADAPTOR / UNIVERSAL POWER PLUG ADAPTER

Electrical appliances and equipmentElectric shock

Country of origin: People's Republic of China
Notifying country: Hungary

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Requirements breached

Single-pole or partial insertion of a plug is possible leaving the free remaining live pin, or the partially plugged-in pin of the plug, accessible. The plug pins which carry mains electrical current can become exposed during use of the product exposing the user to live parts. It is possible to insert devices which should be earthed into the socket-outlet part of the adapter but the earth circuit continuity is interrupted. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant international standard IEC 60884 and the relevant national standard.

Measures taken

Withdrawal of the product from the market Compulsory measuresTaken by: Other
Recall of the product from end users Compulsory measuresTaken by: OtherIn force from: 31 August 2016

Product

Description: Travel plug adapter for use worldwide. Packaging: blue cardboard box.
Brand: GTV
Model / type: 931L; AE-TA1UNI-00
Batch: 5 901867 124517

Original source

Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.

Alert number: A12/1700/16 ↗
Weekly report: Report-2016-051
Published: 13 December 2016
Corrigendum: Notification A12/0502/16, in Report-2016-017, has been downgraded to art 11 due to new assessment of the applicable standard and risk (A11/0130/16). Notification A12/1677/16 has been withdrawn from Report-2016-050 following request of the notifying national authority. The production dates in notifications A12/1571/16 and A12/1572/16, in Report-2016-048, have been updated following new information on the extension of the recall.