LED T8 lamp was the focus of the North American market in 2015 recall

[LED] in the past three months, several major lighting brands in the North American market have launched a massive recall, such as CREE, OSRAM and IKEA. This shows that even the international manufacturers will inevitably occasionally flawed products.

June 2015 CREE recalled LEDT8 tube, the picture from the United States CSPC

This year, LED T8 lamp in the United States and Canada, the number of recalls reached 761500, a staggering number of products in the market recall the largest proportion. In 2014, the largest market recall products are LED emergency lights and embedded wall lamp.

In June 4, 2015, CREE announced the recall of 700 thousand Chinese made LED T8 lamps, which accounted for more than 90% of the recall of the tube in 2015. Followed by the German OSRAM North America branch, on August 25th announced the recall of 55 thousand T8 production by the Korean plant LED.

LED T8 lamp recall so huge, mainly related to its application. Wu Yingjie, vice president of LEDinside research, said: "because the LED T8 lamp is usually used in factories and retail stores. "

Source: United States CSPC, finishing: LEDinside

In the North American market, the main cause of LED product recall is the risk of electric shock and burns. CREE and OSRAM recall the LED lamp because of the risk of burns. Most of the recalled products are not able to meet the DLC certification strict life cycle, electrical safety and heat resistance test standards. Wu Yingjie added.

According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CSPC) statistics show that, 2010-2012 years, the average annual lighting fires caused by up to 1700. Fortunately, the number of such fires has been decreasing, from 1900 in 2010 to less than in 2012, the number of deaths from the 30 to reduce to 10 people.

In addition, the data show that Chinese made products still retain the highest recall rate, which is not surprising, because China is the world's largest LED production base. Another rule says China's high recall rate is mainly due to the fierce price war. In May of this year, PHILPS ignited a price war in the U.S. market launched $4.99 cheap LED light bulbs, then, GE launched a $three ultra low price LED bulbs. In order to reduce costs and production pressure, international manufacturers continue to outsource their products to Asian countries. Therefore, the international manufacturers in the enjoyment of low labor costs in Asia, but also had to bear the risk of product quality.

LED price is just one of the many factors, Wu Yingjie said, LED OEM manufacturers must take the responsibility to solve the problem of product quality management, at the same time, consumers should raise awareness of product quality issues. "

Finally, it is worth noting that, compared with 2014, the North American market, the overall recall of LED products has decreased, indicating that manufacturers and consumers are increasingly concerned about product quality issues. (English author: China LED network JudyLin; translator: China LED network Flora)

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