The iPower B3+ charger does not meet the requirements for electrical equipment – informed the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK). He also called on “the entrepreneur to withdraw the product from the market and stop making the product available.”
“Krakman P. Kiepura, K. Michalik sp.k. with its registered office in Kraków, as a result of proceedings before the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, published an announcement on the websites: www.taiwangun.com.pl and www.taiwangun.biz, in in which it informed that the product placed on the market: iPower B3+ charger, EAN code: 5901698443276does not meet the requirements for electrical equipment,” he said UOKiK in the message.
The charger does not meet the requirements
He explained that the product is defective “due to the improper construction of the power cord connector, due to too small insulation gaps and the use of insufficient insulation between the windings of the isolation transformer, and due to the occurrence of electrical breakdown during the electrical strength test, which poses a risk of electric shock to users.” “.
“The President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection called on the entrepreneur to withdraw the product from the market, stop making the product available and to notify consumers about any detected non-compliance of the product with the requirements,” the announcement said.
“If you have any questions regarding the above announcement, please contact us,” the equipment distributor in Poland wrote on its website in a message titled “Notification to consumers about the identified non-compliance of the iPower B3+ product with the requirements.”
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