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Home&Marker XMASBALL lighting chain — electric shock risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskElectric shockOct 16, 2026
Photo from the official notice: Home&Marker XMASBALL lighting chain — electric shock risk
Photo from the official notice: Home&Marker XMASBALL lighting chain — electric shock risk
Photo from the official notice: Home&Marker XMASBALL lighting chain — electric shock risk
Photo from the official notice: Home&Marker XMASBALL lighting chain — electric shock risk
Photo from the official notice: Home&Marker XMASBALL lighting chain — electric shock risk
Photo from the official notice: Home&Marker XMASBALL lighting chain — electric shock risk

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

Hazard

The wires of the product are easily accessible and have inadequate insulation. Consequently, 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 60598-2-20.

Measures taken

  • Recall of the product from end users — Distributor (19/05/2026)
  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Distributor (19/05/2026)

Product description

Lighting chain with warm white LED light, featuring 10 transparent plastic spheres containing holiday decorations/mini-snowmen, equipped with an integrated inline effects controller box and a built-in end-connector socket for daisy-chain extension.

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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