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Lighting equipment – Artistar Alf98 “Turtle-shaped desk lamp.”

Serious risk Burns, Electric shock, Fire

Published by Safety Gate 29 Dec 2005In the weekly report of 30 Dec 2005 (week 52, 2005)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 2 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Brand
Artistar Alf98
Brand as notified
ARTISTAR ALF98.
Name
Turtle-shaped desk lamp.
Description
Portable luminaire with a lamp forming a 3-dimension turtle.Brand: ARTISTAR ALF98.Name: Turtle-shaped desk lamp.Type/number of model: M197 VERDE-VERT.
Risk
Electric shock, burning and fire.The portable luminaire of Class II is not provided with SELV transformer/converter thus there is a risk of electric shock. The glass plates covering the lamp broke due to 0,7 Nm force and the hot lamp became accessible by the small test finger. The highest measured temperature on the accessible surfaces was 115,9 °C, which may cause burning.This product does not comply with the LVD Directive and the European Standards.
Measures
  • Withdrawal from the market and prohibition of distribution ordered by the authorities
Notifying country
Hungary
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0692/05Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0692/05Photo 3 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0692/05
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0692/05
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2005-52 (XML)
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