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Fuse wire 5, 15 &30 Amp Fuse Wire – B & Q, Wilkinson, Homebase, Masterplug

Serious risk Burns, Fire

Published by Safety Gate 21 Feb 2012In the weekly report of 2 Mar 2012 (week 9, 2012)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked just nowSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Fuse wire 5, 15 &30 Amp Fuse Wire
Brand
B&Q (8 alerts), Wilkinson, Homebase (8 alerts), Masterplug (2 alerts)
Brand as notified
1.        B & Q, 2.        Wilkinson, 3.        Homebase, 4.        Masterplug
Type / model
  • 1. FUSEW/BQ-BQ
  • 2. FUSEW-WK
  • 3. FUSEW-HB
  • 4. FUSEW-MP
(official alert record)
Type / model as notified
1.       FUSEW/BQ-BQ, 2.       FUSEW-WK, 3.       FUSEW-HB, 4.       FUSEW-MP
Batch numbers
  • 1. 03611814
  • 2. 53508409
  • 3. 5013669955739
  • 4. 5015056363776
(official alert record)
Batch as notified
1.       036118142.       535084093.       50136699557394.       5015056363776
Barcode
03611814, 5013669955739, 5015056363776, 53508409
Description
5A, 15A & 30A fuse wire.
Risk
null Incorrect material was used to produce the 5A fuse wire. It should be made of tin-coated copper, however, due to a mix up in the factory, stainless steel wire was used instead. Stainless steel has a different electrical resistance to copper and at normal working current (approximately 2.5A) the fuse wire will glow red hot.
Notifying country
United Kingdom
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0345/12Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0345/12Photo 3 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0345/12Photo 4 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0345/12
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0345/12
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2012-009 (XML)
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