EU Safety Gate · Report-2008-19
GEMINOX · Water heating appliances
The product poses a risk of fire because of electrical overheating in the connectors.13 incidents reported.
- Published
- 16 May 2008
- Notifying authority
- France
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other. Category of measure(s): Voluntary corrective action taken by the manufacturer.. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0522/081
- Model
- Electrical resistor kit for EBS tank marketed in France and several other European countries between December 1997 and June 2007 with the references V.49.21961 and V49.37617
Classification
- Category
- Electrical appliances and equipment
- Risk type
- Fire
- Country of origin
- France
Product description
The EBS tank allows domestic hot water to be stored. The water is heated either by a boiler which supplies the tank's exchanger (coil) or by an electrical resistor screwed on to the tank. This resistor is sold as an option and is the cause of the hazard. The kits have neither a date code nor a serial number, and it is only their very particular visual appearance which allows them to be identified (grey plastic case with an A/m button and a reset button for the safety thermostat).