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Lighting chains

Serious risk Electric shock

Published by Safety Gate 9 Feb 2006In the weekly report of 10 Feb 2006 (week 5, 2006)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 8 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Description
Lighting chain "MULTIFUNCTION 120 Rice Lights" Consists of 120 series connected non-replaceable miniature incandescent lamps and an 8-function flashing unitType/model: Unknown.
Risk
Insulation of the wires is of poor quality, the cross section area of the conductor is less than required, the dimensions of the plug do not comply with the requirements, the inlet of the flashing unit is not rounded (thus the cable may get damaged) and the cord anchorage is missing. The voltage indicated on the packaging and the flashing unit (220V) differs from the one generally used in Hungary (230V) for mains supply. This product does not comply with the LVD Directive and the European Standards.
Measures
  • Withdrawal from the market and recall ordered by authority
Notifying country
Hungary
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0059/06
Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0059/06
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2006-5 (XML)
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