Skip to content

Electric kettle with travel adaptor – SKG “Electric Kettle”

Serious risk Electric shock, Fire

Published by Safety Gate 14 Sep 2012In the weekly report of 21 Sep 2012 (week 38, 2012)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 6 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Electric kettle with travel adaptor
Brand
SKG
Name
Electric Kettle
Type / model
S2001A-200
Batch
6944527406096
Barcode
6944527406096
Description
A 2 litre capacity, cordless, silver metal, electric kettle with a black plastic handle and lid. The base connector (on which the kettle sits) has a plug with flat bladed pins. Accompanying the kettle is a three pin travel adaptor to enable the kettle to be fitted to a UK socket. A sticker is attach
Risk
null The travel adaptor supplied with the product poses a risk of electric shock and fire because:- the holes for the pins are not provided with shutters;- the poor design of the connection between the socket contacts and their associated pins results in an inadequate electrical contact that would overheat.One incident reported.The product does not comply with the relevant national standard.
Notifying country
United Kingdom
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/1437/12Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/1437/12Photo 3 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/1437/12Photo 4 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/1437/12Photo 5 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/1437/12
Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.

This page reproduces the Safety Gate record as published. recallarchive is not affiliated with the European Commission. If you own this product, follow the measures above and contact the seller.

Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/1437/12
    European Commission, Safety Gaterecord fields marked “official alert record”: © European Union, CC BY 4.0; values listed separately here
  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2012-038 (XML)
    the copy this page was built fromCC0 1.0