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Christmas lighting chain – 140 chasing lights

Serious risk Electric shock, Fire

Published by Safety Gate 13 Mar 2008In the weekly report of 14 Mar 2008 (week 10, 2008)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 6 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Christmas lighting chain – 140 chasing lights
Brand
Unknown
Type / model
Unknown
Description
Lighting chain comprised of 140 lamps. It is equipped with a regulator, packed in a cardboard box with a red and green top, a picture with text in English, the bottom of the box is white with user manual, warnings and other marking in two languages
Risk
The product poses a risk of electric shock and fire because:- the cross-section of the conductors is insufficient, the length of the cable between the plug and the first light-socket is not compliant, nor is the fork of the plug,- the product is not marked in accordance with the requirements of the standard, the consumer is not informed sufficiently about basic technical data and possible risks,- the cover of the regulator fails the test and the cable can be removed from the latter posing a risk of accessing to live parts,- the insulating material fails the ball pressure test by 125 C and the glow wire test. The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60598.
Measures
  • Voluntary withdrawal from the market
Notifying country
Slovakia
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0311/08Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0311/08Photo 3 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0311/08
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0311/08
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2008-10 (XML)
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