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Mr Gadget's Solutions mobile phone charger — electric shock risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskElectric shockJan 31, 2014
Photo from the official notice: Mr Gadget's Solutions mobile phone charger — electric shock risk
Photo from the official notice: Mr Gadget's Solutions mobile phone charger — electric shock risk

Photos from the official notice: EU Safety Gate (European Commission) · image rights

Hazard

The pins on the charger are over-sized. Force is required to insert the charger into and remove from a socket. This could cause mechanical damage to the socket and charger that could result in live parts being exposed with the risk of electric shock.The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60950 and the relevant national standard.

Measures taken

  • Destruction of the product — Other (07/01/2014)

Product description

Mobile phone charger with USB slot. Product comes individually packed in a plain white box with no markings. The base plate of the plug carries the wording Mr Gadget's.

What should I do?

If you own this product, stop using it and check the official notice for what the seller or authority advises (return, refund, repair or disposal). Measures listed here were reported by national authorities to the EU Safety Gate system.

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