On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:44:01 -0500, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:

On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:00:38 -0800 (PST), George Herold
wrote:


Nice artcile Phil, But don't worry about the legislature's doing
anything. What's needed is some lawayer to get a hold of it and sue
the manufacturers.

(That's the US way :^)

George H.


The offshore manufacturers are probably not easy to get substantial
judgements against- but the stores, especially those who do their own
importing, have deep pockets and can't easily escape.

They do have a good defense though- if it has safety agency approval,
it's presumed to be safe. Maybe report it to the safety agencies- but
I don't see anthing there that would really raise the alarm-
incadescents break and short internally and implode from time to time,
and none of the burn- through incidents shows support of combustion.
Any fixture designed for a normal incandescent ought not to burn the
office or house down. The one that 'exploded' is the closest one- the
mfr may have substituted a cheaper non-fiberglass sleeving on that
diode.

P.S.

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml11/11001.html

Sold at: Discount stores in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and
Connecticut from January 2008 to December 2008 for between $1 and
$1.50.

Manufactured in: China