Water heating appliances – Geminox
Serious risk Fire
- Product
- Water heating appliances
- Brand
- Geminox
- Brand as notified
- GEMINOX
- Type / model
- Electrical resistor kit for EBS tank marketed in France and several other European countries between December 1997 and June 2007 with the references V.49.21961 and V49.37617
- Description
- The EBS tank allows domestic hot water to be stored. The water is heated either by a boiler which supplies the tank's exchanger (coil) or by an electrical resistor screwed on to the tank. This resistor is sold as an option and is the cause of the hazard. The kits have neither a date code nor a serial number, and it is only their very particular visual appearance which allows them to be identified (grey plastic case with an A/m button and a reset button for the safety thermostat).
- Risk
- The product poses a risk of fire because of electrical overheating in the connectors.13 incidents reported.
- Measures
- Voluntary corrective action taken by the manufacturer
- Notifying country
- France
- Country of origin
- France
- Alert type
- Consumer
- Photos
- Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.
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