EU Safety Gate · Report-2008-52
POWER FORCE · Starter cable
The product poses a risk of fire because during starting the cables may burn in the area of both handgrips in 4 seconds. In addition, the user’s manual does not include the necessary information for safe use of the product.
- Published
- 09 January 2009
- Notifying authority
- Slovakia
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
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Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other. Category of measure(s): Withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers ordered by the authorities.. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 1544/08
- Model
- EAN: 5050172904694, 120A
- Check-digit validated barcodes
- 5050172904694
Classification
- Category
- Electrical appliances and equipment
- Risk type
- Fire
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Product description
The starter cable for connecting positive poles of accumulator is black; the starting cable for connecting negative poles of accumulator is red. The product is packed in a transparent plastic bag with marking "POWER FORCE", name of the product in 4 languages, 120A, origin and addresses of distributors for Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland – Tesco chains.