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Best 140 Rice Lights lighting chain — burns & electric shock risk (A12/0651/13)

EU Safety GateSerious riskBurnsElectric shockJun 7, 2013
Photo from the official notice: Best 140 Rice Lights lighting chain — burns & electric shock risk (A12/0651/13)
Photo from the official notice: Best 140 Rice Lights lighting chain — burns & electric shock risk (A12/0651/13)
Photo from the official notice: Best 140 Rice Lights lighting chain — burns & electric shock risk (A12/0651/13)

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

Hazard

The product poses a risk of burns due to the insufficient dimension of the cross-sectional area of the external and internal wires. The product poses also a risk of electric shock because the wire ends soldered to the terminals of the control unit are not adequately protected against pulling and twisting and live metal parts could consequently become accessibleThe product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60598.

Measures taken

  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Other
  • Recall of the product from end users — Other (12/04/2013)

Product description

The lighting chain includes 140 serial-parallel connected non-replaceable red miniature lamps. The colours of the lamps are blue, red, green and yellow. The product can be operated with a flashing switch and control unit. Main parts of the lighting chain are: two-pin plug; flashing switch and contro

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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