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Sternhoff LED Christmas Lights Icicle lighting chain — electric shock risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskElectric shockMay 8, 2026
Photo from the official notice: Sternhoff LED Christmas Lights Icicle lighting chain — electric shock risk
Photo from the official notice: Sternhoff LED Christmas Lights Icicle lighting chain — electric shock risk
Photo from the official notice: Sternhoff LED Christmas Lights Icicle lighting chain — electric shock risk
Photo from the official notice: Sternhoff LED Christmas Lights Icicle lighting chain — electric shock risk
Photo from the official notice: Sternhoff LED Christmas Lights Icicle lighting chain — electric shock risk

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

Hazard

The product has insufficient mechanical strength, insufficient nominal cross-section of the conductors and the structure of the cord extension socket allows single-pole insertion of plugs. The user could touch accessible live parts and receive an electric shock. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive nor with the European standards EN 60598-1 and EN 60598-2.

Measures taken

  • Recall of the product from end users — Distributor
  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Distributor
  • Warning consumers of the risks — Distributor

Product description

Lighting chain intended for interconnection, which contains non-replaceable LED lights and a device for changing lighting modes. Product sold online, in particular via tvojbyt.sk

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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