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It definitely matters. Watch some of the teardowns of power adapters on YouTube: they look and work almost identically and you’d likely never tell the differenc
by p49k 5y ago
It definitely matters. Watch some of the teardowns of power adapters on YouTube: they look and work almost identically and you’d likely never tell the difference, but one is much more likely to set your house on fire if it malfunctions.
- cik 5y agoAdmittedly one could argue that this is the reason we have insurance. I don't know that my Apple X won't light my house on fire, as opposed to my knock off Snapple X.
- ilkan 5y agoThat's what the UL or CE mark is for
- the-dude 5y agoAre you aware that at least CE is 'self certification' ? Only when a case goes to court, it will be determined if the certification was rightful or not.
- wl 5y agoToo bad so many of those marks are fake on Amazon.
- cik 5y agoUnfortunately I can't comment below this point, in the thread I started. You're making the point I'm making. While I don't (to the best of my knowledge) purchase counterfeit items, I don't pretend that certification is anything other than certification. Hopefully certification comes with standards, and aren't self-reporting... but that's not always the case.
- jaclaz 5y agoJFYI, there is CE and C E. https://support.ce-check.eu/hc/en-us/articles/360008642600-How-To-Distinguish-A-Real-CE-Mark-From-A-Fake-Chinese-Export-Mark https://support.ce-check.eu/hc/en-us/articles/360008642600-H...
- zuminator 5y agojaclaz, that's interesting, but Wikipedia alleges it to be somewhat of an urban legend: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CE_marking#%22China_Export%22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CE_marking#%22China_Export%22
- LargoLasskhyfv 5y agoDisagree, because I've got a hand full of these from different brands in operation right now. One even from the major CPE-equipment manufacturer in Germany. I know because they looked 'fishy' to me when they arrived, and I researched into that. I opend some of them non-destructively to check them out, and deemed them sufficient. They barely get warm at all. Nonetheless I put them in some closed rack where they only could produce some stink, but no fire. I'm too lazy to unplug them right now to upload photos to Imgur, or such, because it would disrupt some services. Anyways, no urban legend. Just the usual bureaucratic disconnect from reality, saying otherwise. Meanwhile another bureaucratic entity, the german customs really likes to hassle you because of exactly that sh..! :-) edit: Some of them in continous operation for just over a decade, some others about 5 to 6 years, YMMV. (shrug)
- OJFord 5y agoThat's just a joke that arises from self-certifying 'CE', like 'QC passed' it's just a label that doesn't mean anything but makes some consumers feel good, just because you get used to seeing it and it looks like it must be good even if (or only if) you dont actually know what it means.
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- megous 5y agoYeah, I got some adapters from aliexpress seller that were basically re-passed burned down things with some major components obviously replaced (like the main high voltage capacitor) and everything essential from protection circuitry, to noise filtration stripped down and removed, fuse replaced by a wire, some components literally hanging by a thread (broken off part of PCB replaced just by non-isolated wires hanging in space). Stuff my nightmares are made of now. Anyway, I always open all power adapters/supplies I buy from there, because my original education is EE, so I never used these. But the idea that some people are using such things is quite scary. Not to poo poo on aliexpress itself. There are some exceptional quality sellers and products to be found there. You just have to know how to find them.
- tentacleuno 5y agoUch. That's pretty much why I never trust any other adapter than the one which came with my phone. It can burn your house down while really damaging your device.
- LargoLasskhyfv 5y agoMethinks if your house burned down, damage to some device is irrelevant.
- ryantgtg 5y agoMpow, mentioned as a culprit in the article, actually makes good chi-fi earbuds. They’re highly rated in terms of bang for your buck, and I’ve had good experience with them. But, if you’re not actively reading random chi-fi discord servers for recommendations, you’ll probably never see companies like that without them resorting to crazy amazon tactics.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoIf you care about getting the real deal instead of the cheap knock-off version, doesn't Amazon have marked official pages for those vendors?
- benatkin 5y agoAmazon Fulfillment can cause even that to go wrong. https://www.redpoints.com/blog/amazon-commingled-inventory-management/ https://www.redpoints.com/blog/amazon-commingled-inventory-m...