
Glue gun
Unknown · Hot Melt Glue Gun
Electrical appliances and equipmentElectric shock
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- Hungary
Requirements breached
The product poses a risk of electric shock because live parts are accessible due to: - insufficient quality of the insulation; - insufficient cross-section area of the mains supply cable; - insufficient dimensions of the plugs. The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60335.
Measures taken
- Recall of the product from end users Compulsory measuresTaken by: OtherIn force from: 11 June 2013
- Withdrawal of the product from the market Compulsory measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- The glue gun has black plastic cover, orange trigger and metal support bracket. Main parts of the glue gun are a metal nozzle, directly mains-operated heating element; two-wire, single insulated mains supply cable and two-pole flat plug. The prodcut is packaged in blister.
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/1281/13 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2013-037
- Published
- 13 September 2013
- Corrigendum
- Corrigenda Notification A12/0554/13 from week 18 of 2013 has been temporarily removed pending clarification concerning the risk assessment by the notifying authority. Notification A12/0763/13 from week 25 of 2013 has been temporarily removed pending clarification concerning the risk assessment by the notifying authority."
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