SafeTech Hardware Australia Pty Ltd have identified a potential intermittent fault with the striker component of their key lockable pool gate latches, with a very rare chance of the fault occurring during normal operation of the device. The gate latch is still pool compliant provided the key lock mechanism is disabled to prevent the potential intermittent fault.
This recall only concerns the striker component of the
The issue raised was with the striker component within the latch, not the latch itself. In some circumstances, if an attempt is made to turn the key with unusually high torque while the gate is open, there is a potential intermittent risk that the key lock mechanism of the latch may engage causing the gate to remain locked in the open position.