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Olympia Electronics Autonomous Optical Smoke Detector — fire risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskFireNov 13, 2015
Photo from the official notice: Olympia Electronics Autonomous Optical Smoke Detector — fire risk
Photo from the official notice: Olympia Electronics Autonomous Optical Smoke Detector — fire risk

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

Hazard

The smoke detector cannot detect smoke coming from all directions. As a result, it may fail to detect a fire which breaks out in a house.The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 14604.

Measures taken

  • Recall of the product from end users — Other (23/10/2015)

Product description

Smoke detector in cardboard box.

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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