Rechargeable torch "Rechargeable Cadmium Searchlig
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- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- Hungary
Requirements breached
The product poses a risk of electric shock and fire because: · the dimensions of the built-in plug and the adaptor are not correct; · the pins of the adaptor are not supplied with insulating sleeves; · the construction of the pins of the battery charger and the adaptor enables single-pole insertion of the plug, thus during normal use the live parts of the product are accessible; · the cross-section area of the conductors in the cable is less then required and the internal wires may overheat. The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive (LVD) and the relevant European standard EN 60598.
Product
- Description
- Rechargeable torch with 7 + 8 LEDs. The housing is made of yellow plastic, with a black operating button and a green charge indicator LED. The battery can be charged by means of the telescopic pins of the built-in plug. It can be connected to the Hungarian socket-outlet with a flat, bipolar adaptor
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Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 1400/11 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2011-050
- Published
- 6 December 2011
- Corrigendum
- <font color="#000000"><b><u>Update</u></b><br/><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/dyna/rapex/create_rapex.cfm?rx_id=214" target="_blank">Notification 1441/08</a> has been updated</font><br/><br/> <font color="#ff0000"><b>Corrigenda</b></font><br/> Notification 1409/11 has been removed from the RAPEX system following additional information on the risk assessment provided by the notifying authority.<br/> Notifications 0487/11, 0488/11, 0498/11, 0500/11, 0502/11 and 0503/11 from week 22 of 2011 have been temporarily removed from the RAPEX website pending clarification on the risk.
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