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johnboxall:
Today I received one heck of an electric shock, and lived to tell the story.

Please read:
http://bit.ly/djtoCO

Of course it was my own silly fault for being a cheapskate, however still a timely warning to others out there.

Have a safe day
John

comox:
There are lots of tales about counterfeit and poorly made power supplies for sale on eBay.    Here is an analysis of a counterfeit Dell PSU http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/acadapter.html   Don't buy this stuff!

johnboxall:
Wow - that is spooky.
From general experience and anecdotal evidence, eBay don't really give two hoots. Have ordered a couple of nice new plugpacks from Farnell this afternoon.
Live and learn!
Cheers
John

mikeselectricstuff:
Approval marks from Far East products are often applied fraudulently. This is by no means new. A few years ago, a customer of mine asked a Far-East supplier if they could supply transformers with a particular safety approval mark for a specific country.
The reply was "No problem, just send us the artwork"
 

johnboxall:

--- Quote from: mikeselectricstuff on June 16, 2010, 08:10:31 am ---Approval marks from Far East products are often applied fraudulently. This is by no means new. A few years ago, a customer of mine asked a Far-East supplier if they could supply transformers with a particular safety approval mark for a specific country.
The reply was "No problem, just send us the artwork"
 

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Crikey.
Someone on another board sent me this:
http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/acadapter.html

Same story.  ::)

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