In article , Graham.
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This is rated for the full 13A continuous load and note how the
connections to the bus-bars are properly ferruled and spot-welded,
but, oh dear, look at the intervianing surge protection board,
4 blobs of finest lead-free!!
These solder blobs are supposed to pass 13A continually?
I_don't_think_so.

Me neither. That is extremely poor quality.

Another thing: there're only MOVs across phase and neutral. A quality
strip would have MOVs between phase/earth and neutral/earth too.

The cable restraint is crap. This is totally shoddy Chinese made junk.
Either it's fake or Belkin has allowed their quality standards to slide
alarmingly.

Fortunately the resulting dry-joint went
totally open-circuit without too much arcing and sparking.

A definite fire hazard. I think that should be taken up with trading
standards. What if someone had plugged a heater into it? The boys at
your local fire station may also be interested or be able to tell you
how to get it escalated.

Who agrees that a better arrangement would for the incoming
cable to be ferruled and spot welded onto the bus-bar and
the PCB to be connected to the bus-bars at a different
point?

It would be better, yes, but quality is so lacking elsewhere in the
construction of that strip that the only place it's fit for is the bin.

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