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Houseguard Optical Smoke Alarm smoke detector — suffocation risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskSuffocationNov 30, 2012
Photo from the official notice: Houseguard Optical Smoke Alarm smoke detector — suffocation risk

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Hazard

The product does not detect smoke with sufficient sensitivity. In case of fire, it does not allow the user or those in the vicinity to take the measures necessary to escape.The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 14604.

Product description

Self-contained, white, automatic smoke detector, (diameter: 100 mm, height: 35 mm). Rigid, transparent packaging.

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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