4 out of 10 Digital Door Locks Distributed in Gyeonggi-do Are 'Unsuitable'

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

Four out of ten digital door locks sold in Gyeonggi-do were found to be non-compliant.

Gyeonggi-do announced on the 8th that it conducted safety inspections on ten types of digital door locks sold on the market by commissioning a nationally accredited testing agency from September to November, and confirmed that four products were non-compliant.

This inspection was carried out in response to media reports that digital door locks are vulnerable in emergencies such as fires and floods, aiming to alleviate residents' concerns about product safety.

The quality inspection was conducted by randomly selecting ten products sold on online shopping malls.

The inspection results showed that four out of the ten products were analyzed as non-compliant, failing to meet some of the 14 inspection items of the "Safety Standards for Consumer Products Subject to Safety Confirmation" announced by the National Institute of Technology and Standards under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.

The main inspection items included open/close tests, fire resistance tests, and electromagnetic compatibility tests.

The reasons for non-compliance were three cases of failure in the fire resistance test, which applies only to fireproof products, and one case of non-compliance in labeling due to omission of some usage precautions.

The fire resistance test failure means that when the product is attached to a standard fire door and heated from 0°C to 945°C for 60 minutes, flames should not appear on the non-heated side for more than 10 seconds; failure to meet this criterion results in non-compliance.

Digital door locks are products subject to safety confirmation under the "Electrical Appliances and Consumer Products Safety Control Act," and the four products found to be non-compliant with safety standards may be subject to administrative measures according to relevant laws.

Gyeonggi-do plans to share the inspection results with the National Institute of Technology and Standards, which oversees product safety management, discuss cooperation matters, and notify the relevant municipal authorities with jurisdiction and authority to take action on non-compliant products.

Heo Seong-cheol, Director of the Fair Economy Division of Gyeonggi-do, emphasized, "Gyeonggi-do has been conducting quality inspections of consumer products for three years to ensure consumer safety in advance," adding, "We will continue to thoroughly manage product safety in areas closely related to consumer life to create an environment where consumers can feel safe and trust products."

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