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Communication and media equipment

Serious risk Electric shock

Published by Safety Gate 7 Sep 2006In the weekly report of 8 Sep 2006 (week 35, 2006)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 6 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Type / model
No type marking in the detachable mains cord
Description
Detachable mains cord (supplied with portable DVD player “SeViC”)Product number SV100670D on the portable DVD player package. EAN of the package: 4 045365 701441.Consumers may build personal computers themselves. Instructions how to build your own personal computer are available on the internet. In this case the consumers buy computer components and install e.g. a motherboard, a hard drive, CD/DVD drives and a power supply unit to the computer casing.
Risk
The detachable mains cord poses a risk of electric shock when used with the portable DVD player it is supplied with because:- the power supply unit has a class I appliance inlet and the plug of the cord set delivered with the portable DVD player is of class II and the connector of the cord set is of class I (the protective earth terminal of the connector is not used) although the plug and the connector should be of a type intended for the connection of the same class of equipment and the cord set should be rated according to class of the plug and the connector;- the plug is 2.5 A and the rated current of the connector is 10 A although the rated current of the plug should not be less than the rated current of the connector.This product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive and the European Standard EN 60065.
Measures
  • Recall from consumers ordered by the authority
Notifying country
Finland
Country of origin
Unknown
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0560/06Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0560/06Photo 3 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0560/06
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0560/06
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2006-35 (XML)
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