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Starting cables – Car Commerce

Serious risk Fire

Published by Safety Gate 27 Sep 2007In the weekly report of 28 Sep 2007 (week 38, 2007)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 9 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Starting cables
Brand
Carcommerce (3 alerts)
Brand as notified
Car Commerce
Type / model
400A, 2,5m, Art. 42143, code: 0538
Description
Starting cable for connecting positive poles of accumulator has a black colour. Starting cable for connecting negative poles of accumulator has red colour. On the product there is a mark of manufacturer, distributor, origin, type, art., number, code, name of the product both in Slovak and Polish language.
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. 400A, 15s) the temperature of conductor reached 357 ºC, during the second starting impulse (max. 400A, 30s) the temperature of conductor reached more than 400 ºC,- after tests have finished, the insulation got on fire and conductors burned down.
Measures
  • Voluntary withdrawal from the market and information to consumers by the distributor
Notifying country
Slovakia
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0973/07
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0973/07
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2007-38 (XML)
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