WARNING: Urgent recall of thousands of vacuums due to risk of shock and burns
Items were sold in Aldi, Dunnes Stores, Argos and many more
An urgent recall has been issued for a number of vacuum cleaners, over 20,000 of which have been sold in Ireland.
The risk presented by these products is electric shock and burns.
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) say that due to a manufacturing defect, the back of the adaptor can come off which may expose live parts and could result in electric shock or burns.
The brands are Beldray and Salter. The product descriptions are BELDRAY REVO CORDLESS, BELDRAY REVO PET PLUS, BELDRAY REVO DIGITAL and SALTER HANDY PRO HAND VAC. All batches and colours are affected. The defect affects all UK and Ireland adaptors supplied since January 2020. BS, 3-Pin, DC Adaptor Model Number TYBSDC1400500.
There are approximately 20,072 affected products in the Republic of Ireland.
The items were sold in Dunnes Stores, Amazon, Aldi, Argos, Lidl, Homestore & More, Wayfair Stores Ltd, Effective Distribution Ltd, Dairygold Co Operative Society Ltd, Spice Retail Ltd (proforma), Brett Supplies Ltd, The Range, P. Doyle Group Ltd, Lots for Less Ltd, Torpedo Construction Ltd, P Boland LTD, M Beatty & Co Ltd – PForma, Richard Boyle & Sons (2004) Ltd, Groupon, Connollys Topline Hardware, Rooms & Blooms, Home to Go Ltd (pro forma), Tom Sheehy & Co Ltd, Beulah Wholesale Ltd.