Fire

Starting cable

ALPIN
Starting cable
Case number
0948/07
Category
Electrical appliances and equipment
Type / Model
type: 200A, 2,5m, art. number: 40023, EAN: 9002852400237
Audience
Consumer
Notifying country
🇸🇰 Slovakia
Country of origin
Unknown
Published
2007-09-21

⚠️ 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. 200A, 15s) the temperature of conductor reached 263 ºC, during the second starting impulse (max. 200A, 30s) the temperature of conductor reached more than 400 ºC. After the tests were finished, the insulation got on fire and the conductors burned down. This product does not comply with the relevant standards.

Measures

Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Voluntary withdrawal from the market and recall from consumersDate 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 a red colour. On the product there is a mark of distributors for SR, Slovenia and CR, manufacturer and article number.