Ynot Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Not sure if anyone else (or indeed the man himself) has posted this, but Clive has done it again, finding random imported stuff that really should have been dumped in the ocean on the way over from the Far East...https://youtu.be/hvOTiQKkQMo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonemorf Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 I actually have one of these - bought at I think WHSmiths at London City Airport a few years back. Love the video though! Enlightening (no pun intended!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam2 Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Note that the inbuilt lamp test feature only works if the electrocute-o-daptor is plugged into a trailing socket. If plugged into a metal clad fixed socket I think that it would instead test the OCPD of the fixed wiring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 On a related note, why does the BS for trailing sockets allow them to be built such that you can put a plug upside down into just the earth terminal and defeat the shutters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew C Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 ISTR that the BS defines the plug. Sockets are designed to suit the plug, which is why there are so many abominations... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ynot Posted November 11, 2015 Author Share Posted November 11, 2015 Couldn't help noticing that the adaptor Clive has displays a CE mark on the front - which either means it slipped through the net or the manufacturers slapped the decal on illegally...:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiLL Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Couldn't help noticing that the adaptor Clive has displays a CE mark on the front - which either means it slipped through the net or the manufacturers slapped the decal on illegally...:) I imagine actually that it displays the Chinese Exports mark, which is criminally similar to our CE mark.chinese export mark warning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsabre Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Couldn't help noticing that the adaptor Clive has displays a CE mark on the front - which either means it slipped through the net or the manufacturers slapped the decal on illegally... I imagine actually that it displays the Chinese Exports mark, which is criminally similar to our CE mark.chinese export mark warning As far as I can determine this "Chinese Exports mark" is an urban myth. http://icqc.co.uk/en/china-export.php/CE-mark.php (also even Wikipedia says so, so it must be true) Basically they are just putting the CE mark on without testing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiLL Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 As far as I can determine this "Chinese Exports mark" is an urban myth. http://icqc.co.uk/en/china-export.php/CE-mark.php (also even Wikipedia says so, so it must be true) Basically they are just putting the CE mark on without testing. Hmm, intriguing, although the report does state that there is nothing 'official' about the chinese exports mark it does say that the mistake relates to the misproportioning of dimensions (or some phrase) of the mark. I would be dubious about any item which cannot print the CE mark correctly. I was first told about the chinese exports mark at a white light training course so took it be true. "The Commission is in constant discussion with Chinese authorities in order to ensure that Chinese exporters respect Community legislation." Ha! Good luck with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsabre Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 I've worked with a few Chinese manufacturers and they mostly just copy stuff, badly. We sent them a full set of CAD files of what they were supposed to be making. They copied the PDF of the CAD and drew it out again, with loads of mistakes.I am sure that any mis-proportions of the CE mark are just down to bad copying rather than any deliberate change in dimensions. They really wouldn't care about that sort of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigclive Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Maybe the Chinese CE mark means something different.Certain Electrocution?Catastrophic Electronics?Child Eradicator?Complete Endangerment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerry davies Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Clive's Entertainment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretwrangler Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 every time someone posts one of Clives links I end up losing a day watching his youtube channel. Thanks very much productivity is poor today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivemaster Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 The CE mark may be printed by the manufacturers BUT it's the importer of the item into the EU EC WC whatever it's called today who actually has the full and unlimited product liability for the item. Actually it's about time some importers DID get required to put things through an EU test house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart91 Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 The CE mark may be printed by the manufacturers BUT it's the importer of the item into the EU EC WC whatever it's called today who actually has the full and unlimited product liability for the item. Unfortunately an awful lot of dodgy equipment is sold direct from overseas via Amazon, eBay, etc. And I suspect many importers would instantly liquidate if there was a product liability claim against them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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