Upright Fan Heaters. – Challenge
Serious risk Fire
- Product
- Upright Fan Heaters.
- Brand
- Challenge (4 alerts)
- Brand as notified
- Challenge.
- Type / model
- 1) Product No.415/0224 - Affected products purchased before 24th November 2006 have the dates codes 0622, 0623, 0630, 0631, 0632, 0634, 0637 and 0643 on them.2) Product No. 415/0231 – Affected products purchased before 11th December 2006 have the date codes 0622, 0630, 0633, 0635 and 0637 on them.
- Risk
- The products pose a serious risk of fire because elements on some units have been found to distort in use and can touch the casing. As a consequence, the casing can melt and the element may come into contact with any surface the heater is placed on and a fire can occur.The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive.23 incidents reported regarding product No. 415/0224 and 7 incidents reported regarding product No. 415/0231 (customers have reported seeing flames/ sparks inside the unit or heat damage to surrounding area).
- Measures
- Voluntary withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers by the importer. Date of entry into force: Unknown
- Notifying country
- United Kingdom
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Alert type
- Consumer
- Photos
- Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.
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