Electric kettle with travel adaptor
SKG · Electric Kettle
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- UK
Requirements breached
The travel adaptor supplied with the product poses a risk of electric shock and fire because: - the holes for the pins are not provided with shutters; - the poor design of the connection between the socket contacts and their associated pins results in an inadequate electrical contact that would overheat. One incident reported. The product does not comply with the relevant national standard.
Product
- Description
- A 2 litre capacity, cordless, silver metal, electric kettle with a black plastic handle and lid. The base connector (on which the kettle sits) has a plug with flat bladed pins. Accompanying the kettle is a three pin travel adaptor to enable the kettle to be fitted to a UK socket. A sticker is attach
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- Model / type
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Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/1437/12 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2012-038
- Published
- 14 September 2012
© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/46239
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