Garden luminaire
Eglo
Lighting equipmentElectric shock
- Country of origin
- Austria
- Notifying country
- Finland
- Counterfeit
- No
What is the danger
The plastic material of the mains cable insulation is brittle at low temperatures. Consequently, it could break leaving live parts accessible, leading to electric shock if touched.
Requirements breached
Additionally, water can penetrate the product and there are no drain holes. Water could get in contact with live parts, increasing the risk of receiving an electric shock. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60598.
Measures taken
- Recall of the product from end users Compulsory measuresTaken by: DistributorIn force from: 19 July 2019
Product
- Description
- Spheric outdoor luminaire with an E27 socket led bulb sold in a printed cardboard box with the texts "Connect Outdoor" and "By Wox" printed on it.
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/1640/19 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2019-044
- Published
- 24 October 2019
- Corrigendum
- Notification A12/1154/19 has been permanently withdrawn from report 2019-31 of 02-08-2019 at the request of the notifying authority following new test results that prove compliance of the product. The brand name in notification A12/1393/19 of report 2019-39 has been corrected at the request of the notifying authority. Notification A12/1451/19 has temporarily been unpublished from web report 2019-40 at the request of the notifying authority due to an ongoing investigation. The category in notifications A12/1638/19 and A12/1641/19 has been changed from "Cosmetics" into "Chemical Products" after agreement with notifying authority. An additional distributor and the related voluntary measures have been added to A12/1641/19 on request of the notifying authority. In agreement with the notifying authority the products in notifications A12/16438/19 and A12/1641/19 have been changed to product not of professional use.
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