Recall for electric-shock extension lead and cable

Recall for electric-shock extension lead and cable An extension lead set and a brand of electric cable that can both give the user an electric shock have been recalled from the market.

The Chinese-made extension lead set, called European Electrico Soquete com Interruptor, but brand unknown, comprises three sockets and a 1.5m cable, packed in a transparent plastic bag. The cable has no earth lead and is not properly anchored so live parts can be accessed.

The product, which is type/model number N 4410421, batch number/barcode

770590104216, does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive and relevant European standard EN 60884.

The electric cable, sold under the name Voltrim Kable, poses a risk of both shock and fire as the electric resistance of the wires is too high and the insulation is not thick enough.

Made in Poland, the cable, type/model number YDYp z/o 4x1,5 mm2, does not comply with the LVD and the relevant European standard EN 50395.

Marketing of both products has been banned.

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The Medway Handyman
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so it's unlikely to bother us in the UK.

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Graham.

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ARWadsworth

An extension lead with 4-core cable...?!

EN 50395 is titled "Electrical test methods for low voltage energy cables" and is only concerned with methods of test. It's a nonsense to say that a particular cable does|does not comply with it.

Here's another electrical recall from earlier this year

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Andy Wade

looked through the list. Of the first 20 item listed as dangerous and either banned or recalled, 17 of them were from the same country of origin.

Anyone care to guess?

Michael

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Michael Kilpatrick

Well I hope the folk who commissioned these shot the guy who purchased the parts and designed the assembly. Not much else they could get wrong really was there? Brian

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Brian Gaff

Given that everything's made in China these days ...

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Huge

Rolls Royce were on the list and I don't think they're made in China. Yet. But perhaps their faulty part was.

Owain

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Owain

Try:

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Davey

Not sure what's worse, the original journalism or the unthinking reposting on Usenet.

MBQ

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Man at B&Q

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