Fwom:Andy Wade )
N. Thornton wrote:

It is da roolz, but they arent enforced or applied. Open up any metal
cased Japanese stereo, and 9 times out of 10 you'll find theyre single
inulsated and unearthed.

That's rubbish, Sir.


On Class 2 (non-earthed) equipment you should find both the CE mark
and
the 'double-square' symbol, which indicates Class 2 construction.

No it does not, it indicates that the manufacturer _claims_ it meets
class II requirements. Nothing more. While much kit really does
conform, IME much does not. Switchers normally do, home stereos mostly
dont.

It is possible that the original designs do conform, but that during
production they then decide to leave out some unnecessary bits.


NT

N. Thornton wrote:

Fwom:Andy Wade

Fwom?

the 'double-square' symbol, which indicates Class 2 construction.

No it does not, it indicates that the manufacturer _claims_ it meets
class II requirements.

Yes, OK.

While much kit really does conform, IME much does not. Switchers
normally do, home stereos mostly dont.

What evidence do you have to support that? If you know of non-compliant
equipment on retail sale your local Trading Standards office will be
very interested in hearing about it.

--
Andy

"Andy Wade" wrote in message
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N. Thornton wrote:

Fwom:Andy Wade

Fwom?

the 'double-square' symbol, which indicates Class 2 construction.

No it does not, it indicates that the manufacturer _claims_ it meets
class II requirements.

Yes, OK.

While much kit really does conform, IME much does not. Switchers
normally do, home stereos mostly dont.

What evidence do you have to support that? If you know of non-compliant
equipment on retail sale your local Trading Standards office will be
very interested in hearing about it.


I'm afraid they won't. Almost every power amplifier for stage use (think
JBL/Crown) fails on this point. Don't know about high end home amplifiers
but wouldn't be surprised to find the same thing.

On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 13:10:35 +0000, Andy Wade wrote:

N. Thornton wrote:

Fwom:Andy Wade

Fwom?

the 'double-square' symbol, which indicates Class 2 construction.

No it does not, it indicates that the manufacturer _claims_ it meets
class II requirements.

Yes, OK.

While much kit really does conform, IME much does not. Switchers
normally do, home stereos mostly dont.

What evidence do you have to support that? If you know of non-compliant
equipment on retail sale your local Trading Standards office will be
very interested in hearing about it.

There are plenty of 4-way socket strips that I greatly suspect of only
claiming BS1363 and CE compliances.



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"Ed Sirett" wrote in message
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There are plenty of 4-way socket strips that I greatly suspect of only
claiming BS1363 and CE compliances.

There are lots of things claiming CE compliance that wouldn't stand a hope
of passing any test applied to them - from children's fluffy toys to men's
not so fluffy ones.

And apparently they're extending this scheme to building materials :-(