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Serious risk Electric shock, Fire

Published by Safety Gate 14 Sep 2006In the weekly report of 15 Sep 2006 (week 36, 2006)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 5 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Description
Digital multimeter “ELRO”Type/model: No. M320, EAN 8711658319513.
Risk
The product poses a risk of electric shock and fire because: - when a voltage of 600 V DC was applied, the power reading turned on for one second and the fuse did not interrupt the current, which destroyed the measuring appliance; - the product does not comply with the requisite creep distance and air gap;- during the tensile and bending test it was discovered that the product does not meet the requirements, including shortcomings regarding the strain relief.The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 61010.
Measures
  • Voluntary withdrawal from the market by the supplier
Notifying country
Germany
Country of origin
Unknown
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0590/06
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0590/06
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2006-36 (XML)
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