Travel plug adaptor

astrum · UNIVERSAL TRAVEL ADAPTOR

Electrical appliances and equipmentElectric shock

Country of origin: People's Republic of China
Notifying country: Hungary
Counterfeit: No
Sold online: Yes

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What is the danger

The dimension of the openable EUROPE plug is significantly smaller than required. Single-pole insertion of a plug is possible.

Requirements breached

The user may touch a live pin of the plug when the adaptor is plugged into a socket outlet. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60950 and EN 60884.

Measures taken

Withdrawal of the product from the market Compulsory measuresTaken by: ImporterIn force from: 4 September 2018
Recall of the product from end users Compulsory measuresTaken by: ImporterIn force from: 4 September 2018

Product

Description: Universal travel adaptor with 2 USB socket and without a protective earth connection. Packaging: transparent plastic box
Brand: astrum
Model / type: A92539-B; CH390 (on the packaging)
Batch: 4 897033 647212

Original source

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

Alert number: A12/1768/18 ↗
Weekly report: Report-2018-047
Published: 16 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.