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USB charger safety alert: electric shock risk

USB charger
Image: Hungary via EU Safety Gate

A white USB charger labelled SMART CHARGER (models GQ-211, T-2488; barcodes 2488020007021, 6719219002111) with one USB‑A and one USB‑C port, supplied with a separate USB cable and sold in a blue and orange cardboard box with a clear window. It was recalled because it lacks adequate insulation between primary and secondary circuits so the USB ports can become live under mains voltage, posing an electric shock risk; marketing is banned and the product must be withdrawn from the market (distributor).

What's being recalled

White USB charger with one USB-A and one USB-C port, supplied with a separate USB connection cable. Input: 100-240V, 50-60Hz, 0.35A. Output: 5V/3A, 9V/2A, 12V/1.5A.

Packaging: Blue and orange cardboard box with a transparent plastic window on the front and a plastic hanging hook on top.

Country of origin: People's Republic of China.

How to identify it

Safety Gate alert SR/02425/26

Product name on the item: SMART CHARGER

Type or model: GQ-211, T-2488

Barcode: 2488020007021, 6719219002111

The hazard

The product lacks adequate insulation between the primary and secondary circuits. The secondary USB ports can become live under mains voltage. Consequently, the user may receive an electric shock.

The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive nor with the European standard EN 60335-1.

What to do

Ban marketing of product (compulsory, distributor).

Product withdrawal from market (compulsory, distributor).

The official notice

This page is a summary of the notice published by Hungary via EU Safety Gate, collected from EU Safety Gate. Check the original before you act on it.

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