Electronic and Electrical Products


Author:GIG      Postdate:2021-05-06

Electronic and electrical products are essential to people's life, and improve the quality of people's life, involving all aspects of life and work, and its quality is related to the safety of people's lives. By analyzing the recall information of electronic and electrical products in recent three years, it is found that the defects of products mainly involve seven types of problems, such as electric shock / leakage, overheating / fire / fire hazard, warning sign, mechanical and physical injury, explosion hazard, scald hazard, chemical injury, etc.

The following are two typical cases of recall.

 

1

Name of Product

Risk Type

LED C37 Candelabra Bulb Non-Dimmable (6-Pack)

Electric shock

Notifying Country

Category of PAPEX

United Kingdom

Lighting equipment

Sold At

Remedy

The product was sold online.

Destruction of the product

  

Product photo

Led recall

 

Description and Analysis 

Ø The product can be disassembled without specific tools, and the user can easily access live parts and receive an electric shock. On the Clause 7 of EN 62560:2012+A1:2015+ A11:2019, after the removable parts are removed, the standard test finger can not touch the live parts under the force of 10N.

Ø The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive 2014/35 EU and with the relevant European standards EN 62560:2012+A1:2015+ A11:2019


Our Advise

Ø For producers  The shell combination method adopts ultrasonic welding or high temperature aging resistant super glue.

Ø For consumers  Try to buy products with CE or GS marks. If the product can be disassembled without specific tools, and can contact with live parts, must stop using it.

 

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2

Name of Product

Risk Type

Popcorn Maker

Chemical Environment

Notifying Country

Category of PAPEX

Sweden

Electrical appliances and equipment

Sold At

Remedy

The product was sold online.

Withdrawal of the product from the market

 

Product photo

Popcorn Maker 

Description and Analysis

Ø The plastic "feet" on the popcorn maker contain an excessive amount of Lead (measured value up to 0,17-0,2% by weight). The cable insulation contains an excessive amount of short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured value up to 0,562-0,580% by weight).

Ø On the Regulation of RoHS 2 Directive, EEE must not contain more than 0.1% Lead

Ø On the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Regulation, articles containing SCCPs with a concentration exceeding 0.15% (by weight) shall not be placed on the market.

Ø The product does not comply with the RoHS 2 Directive and POPs Regulations.


Our Advise

It is suggested that manufacturers should ensure the quality and safety from raw materials, monitor products in real time during the production process, and through the third-party inspection to strengthen the identification of product quality and safety problems. So as to continuously improve and enhance product quality.

 

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