On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:42:22 -0800 (PST), "
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On Feb 18, 5:15*pm, "
wrote:
On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:41:13 -0500, diy savant wrote:
On 2/18/2012 2:47 PM, wrote:

What power does the NEC have in this area, though? *It's *not* federal law.

No ****, Captain Obvious! *DUH!

From wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Electrical_Code

The National Electrical Code (NEC), or NFPA 70, is a regionally
adoptable standard for the safe installation of electrical wiring and
equipment in the United States. The NEC, while having no legally binding
regulation as written, can be and often is adopted by states,
municipalities and cities in an effort to standardize their enforcement
of safe electrical practices within their respective jurisdiction. In
some cases, the NEC is amended, altered and may even be rejected in lieu
of regional regulations as voted on by the governing bodies of any given
locale.

The NEC codifies the requirements for safe electrical installations into
a single, standardized source. It is part of the National Fire Codes
series published by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), and
while not itself a U.S. law, NEC use is commonly mandated by state or
local law.[1]

The "authority having jurisdiction" inspects for compliance with these
minimum standards.

Oh, Pvt. Dullard, on what basis were these things confiscated? *It certainly
wasn't the NEC. *What is the NEC doing with plug-in appliances, anyway. *It's
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I didn't think the NEC was involved with hair dryers either, but
per Mr. Burns citation, they are. You on the other hand have
another good point, which is that whatever the NEC says, it's
not federal law and you would not think it had anything to do
with shipments of products coming into the country.
I guess state XYZ or city ABC could adopt
the NEC without that part, in which case those dryers would
be OK there. My guess would be that there is some other
law involved that lead to the confiscation, but I don't know.

Even in the jurisdictions where the NEC is codified, it's as a building code,
which wouldn't cover plug-ins either. If anyone has an article that actually
makes any sense out of this, I'd like to see it. OTOH, if they had UL (or
such) tables on them, they could have been confiscated as counterfeits.