Fire

Starting cables

ALPIN
Starting cables
Case number
0933/07
Category
Electrical appliances and equipment
Type / Model
type: 600A, 3m, art. number: 40043, EAN: 9002852400435
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. 600A, 15s) the temperature of conductor reached more than 400 ºC, during the second starting impulse (max. 600A, 30s) the temperature of conductor also reached more than 400 ºC. After the tests were finished, the insulation got on fire and conductors burned down.

Measures

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

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, EAN code and article number.