Travel plug adaptor — Photo: Safety Gate / notifying authority

Photo: Safety Gate / notifying authority

A12/1737/1813 November 2018

Travel plug adaptor

Electrical appliances and equipmentElectric shockFire

Country of origin: People's Republic of China
Notifying country: Cyprus
Counterfeit: No

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What is the danger

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

Requirements breached

Users could touch accessible live parts and receive an electric shock. In the 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: DistributorIn force from: 19 October 2018

Product

Description: White travel plug adaptor with 3 pins.
Brand: WD
Model / type: 853669

Original source

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

Alert number: A12/1737/18 ↗
Weekly report: Report-2018-047
Published: 13 November 2018
Corrigendum: Corrigenda : Notification A12/1053/18 from Report 2018-030 has been permanently removed at the request of the notifying authority following new test results which show that the product complies. Notification A11/0084/18 from Report-2018-045 has been modified to correct the product description and applicable legal basis.