There has been quite a lot of publicity in the national press regarding the dangers associated with battery packs for hoverboards. Should any of our readers have missed it, we bring to attention a recent email from Trading Standards which will be of interest: TS officers recently intercepted a £7,000 consignment of 51 self-balancing boards imported from China and sent them for testing to see if they complied with electrical safety standards.
Trading Standards will now ensure the boards can never be used by the public after checks showed that chargers and battery packs supplied with the products pose a fire risk.
In particular, TS are also investigating a case in Buckinghamshire where a woman was injured after a hoverboard belonging to her 10-year-old son exploded in a bedroom, sending burning fragments flying across the room.
