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Smart Balance Wheel self-balancing scooter — electric shock & fire risk (A12/0168/17)

EU Safety GateSerious riskElectric shockFireFeb 17, 2017
Photo from the official notice: Smart Balance Wheel self-balancing scooter — electric shock & fire risk (A12/0168/17)
Photo from the official notice: Smart Balance Wheel self-balancing scooter — electric shock & fire risk (A12/0168/17)
Photo from the official notice: Smart Balance Wheel self-balancing scooter — electric shock & fire risk (A12/0168/17)
Photo from the official notice: Smart Balance Wheel self-balancing scooter — electric shock & fire risk (A12/0168/17)

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

Hazard

The electrical insulation of the battery charger is inadequate. The battery connector inside the scooter can overheat, causing a fire.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Machinery Directive and the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60335.

Measures taken

  • Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures — Other
  • Recall of the product from end users — Importer

Product description

Self-balancing scooter ("Hoverboard") supplied with a battery charger. Packaged in a 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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