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String lights — electric shock risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskElectric shockMar 31, 2017
Photo from the official notice: String lights — electric shock risk
Photo from the official notice: String lights — electric shock risk
Photo from the official notice: String lights — electric shock risk
Photo from the official notice: String lights — electric shock risk
Photo from the official notice: String lights — electric shock risk

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

Hazard

The live parts of the travel adaptor can be easily touched by users as there are no safety gates preventing access. A person could touch the live part of the adaptor and receive an electric shock.The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive, the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994 or BS 1363.

Measures taken

  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Distributor

Product description

Warm white LED light string garland with UK travel adaptor. Packed in a blue box with snowy pine trees, with white stars and patterns around the edge; orange, yellow and white text written in Russian; image of Santa Claus with a circle of small yellow stars around.

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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