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240V Male to Male Extension Lead supplied with motorised awning

Silverfox1972
A friend has had a motorised awing supplied with a BS1363 plug approximately 4m in length with an IP rated male plug at the other end, this couple to the female end which is terminated in the awning. The exposed pins are readily accessible and do not meet IP2X.

My question is just what regulations covers this?

The Consumer Safety Act 1978 under which falls the Plugs and Sockets Safety Regs 1994

Or the Health and safety at work Act, under which falls the The Electricity at Work Act and the BS7671.


Its been purchased over the internet so it doesn't necessarily fall under the HASAW

Intention is to write a letter of complaint and advise a product recall, this is lethal!
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Graeme Little

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    If that connector can be opened up and the pins exposed without tools once installed, then the equipment fails the low voltage directive, and should not be CE marked, so cannot legally be offered for sale in the UK.

    HASAWA is relevant if it is installed at a place of work, allowing the management to be prosecuted, while domestically, consumer protection is the correct course of action. Trading standards who you contact via the overworked Citizens Advice Bureau, is the formal, if rather feeble, route to kick off the legal process.


    Liability will rest with the maker or importer, being the first person who put it into circulation in the UK or anywhere in the EU. This  does mean if it is an internet order delivered direct from abroad,  that is the person who placed the order, as in that case the importer and customer can be one and the same.

    In reality a responsible  importer will not wait for the trading standards process, and will probably act as soon as contacted, but many are back bedroom operations with little technical knowledge of the rules that govern what they are importing, so may need it explaining in noddy steps.

    Let us know how you get on.


    Mike.
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    If that connector can be opened up and the pins exposed without tools once installed, then the equipment fails the low voltage directive, and should not be CE marked, so cannot legally be offered for sale in the UK.

    HASAWA is relevant if it is installed at a place of work, allowing the management to be prosecuted, while domestically, consumer protection is the correct course of action. Trading standards who you contact via the overworked Citizens Advice Bureau, is the formal, if rather feeble, route to kick off the legal process.


    Liability will rest with the maker or importer, being the first person who put it into circulation in the UK or anywhere in the EU. This  does mean if it is an internet order delivered direct from abroad,  that is the person who placed the order, as in that case the importer and customer can be one and the same.

    In reality a responsible  importer will not wait for the trading standards process, and will probably act as soon as contacted, but many are back bedroom operations with little technical knowledge of the rules that govern what they are importing, so may need it explaining in noddy steps.

    Let us know how you get on.


    Mike.
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