Path: ...!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-4.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.supernews.com!news.supernews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 23:26:21 +0000 From: john larkin Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Chinese fab mains wiring for North America Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 16:26:24 -0700 Message-ID: References: <39i9cjhvtqj20k4orpo1u5dr65dhktc5ql@4ax.com> User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 18 X-Trace: sv3-B0551T+vbj7/vOzjSIAzzBJhNsNQVkDNUVfPj8CjF4vbRF8xqOy3pseUOpgZOyHSVTNuhfLFs5v92HN!HPyqjgillfXZgWlBNwJEpaHGmEFD4LSHxkhITccpbd0oBRdf9qipBU2Q216iuYSm4ipqe4rSqKRa!XHMx9UM= X-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/abuse.html X-DMCA-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 1772 On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 18:19:40 +0100, Jeff Layman 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: > 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.