Starting cables

Fire Electrical appliances and equipment Serious risk
Photo of recalled product: Starting cables
Alert Number0932/07
BrandO.K.
CategoryElectrical appliances and equipment
Risk TypeFire
Notifying CountrySlovakia
Country of OriginPeople's Republic of China
Model Number150A, code: AL-AG0003, XX1238242, EAN code: 9004181009235
Published21 September 2007

Risk Description

This product poses a serious risk of fire because at simulation of thermal overload of cable, allowed temperature during the starting impulse is 135 ºC. When testing, during the one starting impulse (max. 150A, 15s) the temperature of conductor reached 314 ºC, during the second starting impulse (max. 150A, 30s) the temperature of conductor reached more than 400 ºC. After the tests were finished, the insulation got on fire and conductors burned down.

Measures Taken

Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Sales ban, withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers ordered by the authoritiesDate of entry into force: Unknown

Product Description

Starting cable for connecting positive poles of accumulator has a black colour. Starting cable for connecting negative poles of accumulator has a red colour. On the product there is a mark of importers for more countries, distributor, origin, type, codes, name of product in seven languages.

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