On 2/15/2012 6:34 PM, Robert Neville wrote:
wrote:

"U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized thousands of hair dryers
recently that were determined to constitute a “substantial product hazard”
under U.S. law, for failing to have adequate immersion protection," DHS
announced. "The potentially dangerous hair dryers were identified through a
nationwide targeting operation by the CBP Import Safety Commercial Targeting
and Analysis Center (CTAC)."

Unbelievable BS. The decision to put GFIs onhairdryers was an industry decision
because they were afraid they'd get sued by the relatives of some idiot who
decided to dry their hair the the bath tub, not any kind of federal law.

The problem is that GFI outlets have been required in bathrooms for over 40
years now, and stacking GFIs on appliance cords adds absolutely no additional
protection. So everyone gets to pay a GFI tax on the millions of hairdryers sold
each year so one idiot living in substandard housing doesn't fry themself.

But thank goodness the government is out there protecting us from hairdryers. I
mean it's not like terorists are trying to get through the border or anything.

Not to worry though. Bargain hunters will still be able to find this
model at China Harbor Freight.