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Chinese horrors. Apple suing Amazon retailer for selling fake Apple products
On 2016-10-20 16:18:12 +0000, RichA said:
Fake Apple Chinese parts, as opposed to real Chinese Apple parts...Years ago, every electrical device you saw in N.America had CSA or UL approvals. Today, the market is flooded with devices that don't have any approvals. Let the buyer beware. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37715531 Amazon isn't the only place you will find that stuff. Just go into any gas station, 7-Eleven, or Middle-Eastern/South Asian run convenience store and they will be right there with all the other junk next to the cash register. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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Chinese horrors. Apple suing Amazon retailer for selling fakeApple products
On 21/10/2016 16:16, RichA wrote:
On Thursday, 20 October 2016 12:39:43 UTC-4, Savageduck wrote: On 2016-10-20 16:18:12 +0000, RichA said: Fake Apple Chinese parts, as opposed to real Chinese Apple parts...Years ago, every electrical device you saw in N.America had CSA or UL approvals. Today, the market is flooded with devices that don't have any approvals. Let the buyer beware. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37715531 Amazon isn't the only place you will find that stuff. Just go into any gas station, 7-Eleven, or Middle-Eastern/South Asian run convenience store and they will be right there with all the other junk next to the cash register. -- Regards, Savageduck Walmart, Cosco, etc, etc. It's like the auto companies. If one or two burn down a house and kill people, the sheer profit from selling $.50 items for $10.00 a piece easily handles any lawsuit. Those fake chargers are potentially very dangerous - much worse on average I expect than "off branded" or aftermarket products. The circuits use a capacitor for electrical noise reduction, and it's bridging between the primary and secondary of the transformer. If it fails, you get un-isolated (from earth) mains voltage to the low voltage output - and the device being charged. They're supposed to use a safety certified "y-cap". Teardowns of the fake chargers seem to invariably use uncertified caps - which cost a few cents less. The transformers are also crap - poor insulation etc, and failure could have the same consequence. The makers couldn't give a crap about IP laws, no surprise they also don't give a crap about safety regulations. The thing they pay a lot of attention to though, is getting their fakes to look as close to the original items as possible. |
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Chinese horrors. Apple suing Amazon retailer for selling fake Apple products
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wrote: Those fake chargers are potentially very dangerous - much worse on average I expect than "off branded" or aftermarket products. The circuits use a capacitor for electrical noise reduction, and it's bridging between the primary and secondary of the transformer. If it fails, you get un-isolated (from earth) mains voltage to the low voltage output - and the device being charged. They're supposed to use a safety certified "y-cap". Teardowns of the fake chargers seem to invariably use uncertified caps - which cost a few cents less. The transformers are also crap - poor insulation etc, and failure could have the same consequence. The makers couldn't give a crap about IP laws, no surprise they also don't give a crap about safety regulations. The thing they pay a lot of attention to though, is getting their fakes to look as close to the original items as possible. several people have died from crap chargers. the lucky ones just had their phone catch on fire. somehow, amazon isn't being sued for knowingly selling fake ****. |
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