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Lithium-Ion Battery Charger for Cordless Drill — fire risk

UK OPSSSerious riskFireNov 21, 2025
Photo from the official notice: Lithium-Ion Battery Charger for Cordless Drill — fire risk

Photos from the official notice: UK Office for Product Safety and Standards (GOV.UK) · image rights

Hazard

The product presents a serious risk of fire as the charger supplied has insufficient breakdown isolation and the plug supplied does not meet the dimensional requirements of BS 1363. This could lead to the plug overheating and/or exploding. Improvements are also required to product documentation and marking. The product does not meet the requirements of the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008 and the Plugs and Sockets etc. (Safety) Regulations 1994.

Remedy

The import has been rejected at the border and destroyed.

Product safety report

Measures taken

  • Destruction of the product
  • Import rejected at border

Product description

A cordless powered drill with replaceable and rechargeable lithium-ion batteries.

What should I do?

If you own this product, stop using it and follow the corrective action above: contact the retailer or supplier for a repair, replacement or refund. This notice was published by the UK Office for Product Safety and Standards.

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