Travel plug adaptor — Photo: Safety Gate / notifying authority

Photo: Safety Gate / notifying authority

A12/1581/1819 October 2018

Travel plug adaptor

Electrical appliances and equipmentElectric shockFire

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

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What is the danger

The product does not provide protection to the users due to the absence of shutters on live parts and the absence of a fuse for over-current protection.

Requirements breached

Users could touch accessible live parts and receive an electric shock. In a case of an overload the absence of a fuse could lead to a fire. The product does not comply with the standard BS 1363.

Measures taken

Withdrawal of the product from the market Compulsory measuresTaken by: RetailerIn force from: 13 June 2018

Product

Description: Grey travel plug adaptor (250V) with 3 pins.
Brand: As
Model / type: No 168
Batch: 5291030055244

Original source

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

Alert number: A12/1581/18 ↗
Weekly report: Report-2018-043
Published: 19 October 2018
Corrigendum: Notification A12/0324/14 has been withdrawn from report 008-2014 of 28/02/2014 following a court ruling regarding the validity of the measures taken. Notification A12/0904/18 has been permanently withdrawn from report 027/2018 of 06/07/2018, following a new assessment of the risk.