Portable radio

SOMITEC

Electrical appliances and equipmentElectric shockFire

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

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What is the danger

The electrical insulation is inadequate. The cross-sectional area of the conductors in the mains cable is too small.

Requirements breached

Touchable metal parts may become live while charging the radio. The cable could overheat. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60065.

Measures taken

Withdrawal of the product from the market Compulsory measuresTaken by: Distributor
Recall of the product from end users Compulsory measuresTaken by: DistributorIn force from: 13 March 2018

Product

Description: Portable radio with torch and MP3 function. The product is supplied with a shoulder strap and a mains cable to charge the built-in battery. Packaging: cardboard box.
Brand: SOMITEC
Model / type: XB-906U

Original source

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

Alert number: A12/0708/18 ↗
Weekly report: Report-2018-021
Published: 16 May 2018
Corrigendum: Notification A12/0489/18 in Report-2018-014 has been corrected to indicate that the model concerned by the recall is the model C3 IV and not the C4 model.