Fire

Starting cables

Car Commerce
Starting cables
Case number
0973/07
Category
Electrical appliances and equipment
Type / Model
400A, 2,5m, Art. 42143, code: 0538
Audience
Consumer
Notifying country
🇸🇰 Slovakia
Country of origin
🇨🇳 China
Published
2007-09-28

⚠️ Risk

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. 400A, 15s) the temperature of conductor reached 357 ºC, during the second starting impulse (max. 400A, 30s) the temperature of conductor reached more than 400 ºC,- after tests have finished, the insulation got on fire and conductors burned down.

Measures

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

Starting cable for connecting positive poles of accumulator has a black colour. Starting cable for connecting negative poles of accumulator has red colour. On the product there is a mark of manufacturer, distributor, origin, type, art., number, code, name of the product both in Slovak and Polish language.