Chinese fab mains wiring for North America

Aug 20, 2024 Last reply: 1 year ago 3 Replies

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.



Anyone buying chinese hobby-type products with mains connection had best be advised to check them out, The fault may simply be the polarity of the 3-wire line cord.



In any event, this characteristic can result in unsafe 'off' single pole mains switch function, single-fault fuse location.



Even such items as DIY led cabinet lighting can show 'glow in the dark' behavior, unless corrected. This is 'tingle' current flowing in the 'off' state.



RL


A "CE" mark on a product manufactured in China should be considered meaningless:

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"The CE Marking Association has held the view for a long time that the China Export mark is not valid mark and it is actually just the European CE mark that does not respect the dimensions and proportions given within the Directives."

IOW it's just fraud.

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.

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