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Starting cables – O.K

Serious risk Fire

Published by Safety Gate 20 Sep 2007In the weekly report of 21 Sep 2007 (week 37, 2007)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 9 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Starting cables
Brand
O.K (2 alerts)
Brand as notified
O.K.
Type / model
150A, code: AL-AG0003, XX1238242, EAN code: 9004181009235
Description
Starting cable for connecting positive poles of accumulator has a black colour. Starting cable for connecting negative poles of accumulator has a red colour. On the product there is a mark of importers for more countries, distributor, origin, type, codes, name of product in seven languages.
Risk
This product poses a serious risk of fire because at simulation of thermal overload of cable, allowed temperature during the starting impulse is 135 ºC. When testing, during the one starting impulse (max. 150A, 15s) the temperature of conductor reached 314 ºC, during the second starting impulse (max. 150A, 30s) the temperature of conductor reached more than 400 ºC. After the tests were finished, the insulation got on fire and conductors burned down.
Measures
  • Sales ban, withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers ordered by the authorities
Notifying country
Slovakia
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0932/07Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0932/07
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0932/07
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2007-37 (XML)
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