Lithium-Ion Battery Charger for Cordless Drill: serious fire risk from faulty charger and plug
The charger has insufficient breakdown isolation and its plug does not meet the dimensional requirements of BS 1363, which could lead to the plug overheating and/or exploding.
What to do
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Notice details
- Product
- Lithium-Ion Battery Charger for Cordless Drill
- Hazard
- The product presents a serious risk of fire as the charger supplied has insufficient breakdown isolation and the plug does not meet the requirements of the relevant standard.
- Class or risk level
- Serious risk
- Identifiers
- PSD notification number: 2511-0084
- Alert date
- November 21, 2025
- Published on GOV.UK
- November 21, 2025
- Listed on Recalled Today
- November 21, 2025
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Official notice
The notice's own wording from OPSS.
Product Safety Report: Lithium-Ion Battery Charger for Cordless Drill (2511-0084)
- Risk level
- Serious risk
- Measures taken
- Destruction of the product; Import rejected at the border
- Summary
- Product: Lithium-Ion Battery Charger for Cordless Drill Hazard: The product presents a serious risk of fire as the charger supplied has insufficient breakdown isolation and the plug does not meet the requirements of the relevant standard. Corrective action: The import has been rejected at the border.
- Product information
- Type: Machinery - Drills/Drivers (Powered) Model (Charger): LV-2120 Product Identifiers: 50802391-318, 318/545 Country of Origin: China Product Description: A cordless powered drill with replaceable and rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. Product Report and Image: Link to product image and PDF
- Hazard
- The product presents a serious risk of fire as the charger supplied has insufficient breakdown isolation and the plug supplied does not meet the dimensional requirements of BS 1363. This could lead to the plug overheating and/or exploding. Improvements are also required to product documentation and marking. The product does not meet the requirements of the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008 and the Plugs and Sockets etc. (Safety) Regulations 1994.
- Corrective action
- The import has been rejected at the border and destroyed. Additional information PSD notification number: 2511-0084 Notified by: Local Authority Trading Standards
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