InfoCons Consumer Protection Alert : PLASTROL – Extension lead

PLASTROL – Extension lead

Name: Extension cord PLASTROL

Category: 10

Date: 2026-08-14

Product Category: Electrical appliances and equipment

Risk Type: Electric shock

Danger: The product has a design flaw that allows the plug of a Class I appliance to be inserted into the socket of an extension cord intended for Class II appliances. Consequently, the product offers no protection against electric shock if a Class I appliance is connected to this extension cord. The user could therefore touch accessible, live parts and receive an electric shock. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive nor the European standards EN 60884-1 and EN 60884-2.

Measures: Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: DistributorCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the marketDate of entry into force: UnknownType of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: DistributorCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end usersDate of entry into force: UnknownType of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: DistributorCategory of measure(s): Warning consumers of the risksDate of entry into force: Unknown

Description: A black 3-meter extension lead with three sockets and no power switch. The manufacturer’s trade name and address, identification details, the CE mark, technical specifications, and mandatory pictograms appear on the underside of the socket strip.

Notifying Country: Slovakia

Country of Origin: Poland

Alert Type: Consumer

Alert Level: Serious risk

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