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From: john larkin <jl@650pot.com>
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Subject: Re: Chinese fab mains wiring for North America
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 16:26:24 -0700
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On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 18:19:40 +0100, Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid>
wrote:

>On 20/08/2024 17:58, legg wrote:
>> It's come to my attention that chinese products with
>> black-white color coded line cords are regularly
>> miswired with black-neutral, white-live. These
>> will regularly be marked as CE - their sole safety
>> qualification.
>
>A "CE" mark on a product manufactured in China should be considered 
>meaningless:
><https://www.cemarkingassociation.co.uk/ce-marking-and-the-chinese-export-logo/>

It's not so meaningful in other places. Some Brit guys that I worked
with in Oxford explained that CE means Cant Enforce. They buy reels of
stickers and slap them on.