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Touchstone

ISSN 1179-2426

Telecommunications

Travel plug adaptor banned

Energy Safety, part of the Ministry of Economic Development, has banned the importation, sale, distribution, and use of a particular type of travel plug adaptor, known as a 'Universal Adaptor' or 'all-in-one adaptor'.

These adaptors are unsafe as they do not offer adequate protection from contact with live parts, to the point where live 230 Volt parts can be accessed and touched easily.

'Energy Safety is concerned about this style and type of adaptor, particularly as they may be used at skirting board level and could be easily accessible to small children and infants,' says Richard Lamb, Energy Safety Compliance Officer.

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