As yet I am unable to get full detail from the source who mentioned this to me. Whether this is someone trying to avoid Minimum Import Price, or simply passing off rubbish as a verifiable brand I dont yet know.
Apparently the label on the back of the panel was less than genuine. This could lead...
Do I have one?
Front cover seems a very dark shade of green to me and I've noticed a mistake in the conduit sizing.
Purchased from Amazon.co.uk this week
Counterfeit copies of the regulations being transported from Latvia have been seized by Trading Standards in Dover.
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has alerted the electrical industry to the dangers of using counterfeit copies of key publications like the IET Wiring...
Came across this video yesterday on the effect of passing a fault current through a plug top fitted with a counterfeit 13A BS1363 fuse...
Counterfeit Fuse video by Elmer_BeFuddled - Photobucket
Had to replace double socket outlet today on a circuit I installed last year.
This had a four way extension lead plugged into it, and that was pretty much overloaded with fan heaters and a printing machine.
Whilst my customer was near to the socket, the printer just stopped, no power. They...
From time to time the subject of counterfeit plugs and power leads is discussed on this and other forums.
Counterfeit plugs are often distinguished by having partially sleeved earth pins in clear contravention of BS 1363, that means that they cannot be legally sold (The Plugs & Sockets etc...
One of our suppliers has informed us of “suspicious spot offer” that has been circulating recently.
They wrote:
The deal is offering Sharp NU180 panels cheap. Sharp have investigated this offer and concluded that the panels are
counterfeit. The fake offer is shown below and has been...
In the current climate, where warnings about the dangers of couterfeit parts seem to pop up on verious sites, I unfortuatly find my self with a question on the subject.
Haveing some maximum Earth Fault Loop Impedance (EFLI) problems with some old QOE Square D MCB’s, that are know longer made...
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