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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

BEng (Hons) IEng MIET
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    The LVD was enacted into UK legislation via https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1101/contents , which is still applicable even if the LVD isn't.
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    The LVD was enacted into UK legislation via https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1101/contents , which is still applicable even if the LVD isn't.


    Exactly. The LVD was never UK law.


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    "(3) Where electrical equipment is subject to more than one EU instrument requiring a declaration of conformity to be drawn up, the manufacturer must draw up a single declaration of conformity which—


    (a)identifies the EU instruments; and


    (b)includes references to the publication of those EU instruments in the Official Journal.."


    Note that for legal purposes "manufacturer" can be "importer", and really means person releasing onto the market or arranging for it to be brought in.

    Note also that very soon 'CE' will be replaced by UKCA. Except in Northern Ireland, where it wont.

    Mike
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    mapj1:

    ~If it is CE marked, properly, not just bearing a sticker, then with the paperwork will be a declaration, and this must include  the contact address, and the name and signature, of the person declaring that as far as they know, it meets all relevant standards to allow it to be placed on the market at the time of declaration. As one who has prepared things for CE marking, I can say that it is quite a serious business to do well, and to be honest utterly beyond many smaller concerns who either do not do it at all or do not do it well.

    It is not helped by the fact that there are many, standards, they are expensive, and there  is no easy way to work out which ones do or do not apply to a given item.


    ~However, for this the LVD and EMC standards at least should be on the list, and probably some machinery related  standards as well.

    Contact  them and see what they have to say.

    Mike.


    Thank you, my friend has been in touch with the supplier who I think now has brown stuff running down their legs. He has also advised them to do a product recall and that he will be informing trading standards today. I have passed this information on to assist with the matter. I am letting him deal with it but I want hear what trading standards are doing, I ultimately want this product withdrawn and recalled, my fear being that someone suffers a fatality, especially a 'little person'.


    Kind Regards

    Graeme


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