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Wall lamp (fixed luminaire) – Glimex

Serious risk Electric shock, Fire, Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 29 Nov 2007In the weekly report of 30 Nov 2007 (week 47, 2007)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 7 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Wall lamp (fixed luminaire)
Brand
Glimex (3 alerts)
Type / model
43
Description
The luminaire includes a bended arm mounted to a metal plate, a plastic E14 lampholder fitted to it and a glass lamp shade. There are decorations made of iron plate and iron wire (leaves and petals) on the luminaire. Main parts of the luminaire: mains plug (Wiko 25/250); mains cable (H03VVH2-F 2x0.5mm2 BBJ HAR VDE CE); switch inserted into the cable (Ł2 NW 2,5A 250V); E14 lamp holder (2/250 T210). Technical specifications: 230V, 50 Hz; 40W; lampholder: E 14, Class II.; F-mark.
Risk
The product poses a serious risk of:- electric shock because the wire ways are not properly designed (certain metal elements have sharp edges, the wires may get damaged when they contacting, bushings are not properly fixed), the basic insulated wires get into contact with accessible metal parts;- fire because indication of the maximum power cannot be seen on the light source when replacing it;- injuries because the iron tube holding the lampholder has sharp edges and points, the steal plate used for fitting the luminaire has burry edges.The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60598.
Measures
  • Sales ban and withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities
Notifying country
Hungary
Country of origin
Poland
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 1245/07
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 1245/07
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2007-47 (XML)
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