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xmris:
Hello!

New member here, so excuse if this post not suitable for this sub-forum -admins pls feel free to relocate it.

Got recently a 858D - 'noname' btw - chinese seller but they ship from UK , local warehouse, so I had the impression the think complied with UK regs, well... counterfeit mains lead - fake Kitemark logo , 'guida' branded, 13A fuse that does not look BS1362 compliant, nice eh?

wraper:
Actually quite nice considering what you bought, better than you should expect. At least it seems to be made properly. No garbage like insulated earth terminal. The main concern is if it's a proper sand filled fuse.

xmris:
the 'good' thing about this 858D is that it comes with a C13 for the mains. So I quickly replaced the lead with another one -5A fused BSI approved - 10A cable btw.

That 'guida' lead is mentioned there btw:

http://fatallyflawed.org.uk/BS1363/index.html

wraper:

--- Quote from: xmris on November 02, 2022, 09:40:34 am ---the 'good' thing about this 858D is that it comes with a C13 for the mains. So I quickly replaced the lead with another one -5A fused BSI approved - 10A cable btw.

That 'guida' lead is mentioned there btw:

http://fatallyflawed.org.uk/BS1363/index.html

--- End quote ---
Not really the same plug. Plug in that article has much lower quality imprints, STGS instead of STGD approval. Kittemark in article has a major difference, it this case a minor inaccuracy. Even major manufacturers are often at fault of making inaccuracies in approval marks, especially CE which has wrong proportions half of the time. Claiming approval mark is not what it appears to be won't fly in any governmental organization, or in court. People talking about China Export mark are spreading BS. Article says fake fuse, but with zero argumentation why they think so, and it's not shown on pictures. In this case fuse seems to be made by a real company http://www.daweifuse.com/en/product.asp. Whatever STGD (STGS in the article) does exist is not that straightforward. It may as well be a real organization in China which is not easy to google. IMHO there is a probability this may be a real plug but plug in the article an imitation of it.

xmris:
ah cheers for this, actually there is a recall for this 'guida' , different model as I see - sleeved GND.
https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/72841?lang=en

I bet the one I got is the "improved" version of that.

(good find of that 'Da Wei' fuse, anyway)

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