Wall light
| Alert Number | 0951/07 |
| Brand | LUCERNA |
| Category | Lighting equipment |
| Risk Type | Fire |
| Notifying Country | Slovakia |
| Country of Origin | Unknown |
| Model Number | TL 3020/15W. |
| Published | 21 September 2007 |
Risk Description
This product poses a serious risk of fire because:- deformation of die-casting occurred at temperature 125 ºC, - pellet impress diameter is 7,3 mm whereas the limit is 2 mm,- after testing with acicular flame, the material of product has ignited,- after testing with burning loop at temperature 850 ºC the material immediately set on fire without any chance of the fire to get extinguished spontaneously. The material kept on burning after the loop had been pushed aside. The material also failed after testing at temperature 750 ºC.This product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN-60598.
Measures Taken
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Voluntary withdrawal from the market and information to consumers by the distributorDate of entry into force: Unknown
Product Description
The light was sold in the cardboard box marked as follows: "Lighting equipment LUCERNA TL 3020 15W, 230V/50Hz, type of pentad G13" and CE mark. The product was labelled with a typical label marked as follows: "LUCERNA, model: TL 3020/15W, 230V/50 Hz, G13/154W:IP20" and CE mark.