The knife is Russell-Hobbs, ECO1255, model 13892.
I work for a charity which receives (among other
things) electrical goods
which must be tested before we can give them to
recipients. The PAT meter gave weird results: normally
when the device being tested is switched off the meter
says "lo load", but on this knife it did not
do so. I tested further:
when the knife is off, the resistance between live &
neutral is ~~ 1/2 Megohm. So if you leave it plugged
in & switched off, it will
draw a continual leak current 1/2 ma. (that is an
estimate: I dont have a
meter to measure this). So I opened it up &
the supply wires go
into a PCB which I assume is for radio interference
suppression. And this PCB is upstream of the switch.
Please: is the knife supposed to be made this way
or is it defective?
Am I right in my belief that this violates
the Regulations?
thank you RM Damerell
I work for a charity which receives (among other
things) electrical goods
which must be tested before we can give them to
recipients. The PAT meter gave weird results: normally
when the device being tested is switched off the meter
says "lo load", but on this knife it did not
do so. I tested further:
when the knife is off, the resistance between live &
neutral is ~~ 1/2 Megohm. So if you leave it plugged
in & switched off, it will
draw a continual leak current 1/2 ma. (that is an
estimate: I dont have a
meter to measure this). So I opened it up &
the supply wires go
into a PCB which I assume is for radio interference
suppression. And this PCB is upstream of the switch.
Please: is the knife supposed to be made this way
or is it defective?
Am I right in my belief that this violates
the Regulations?
thank you RM Damerell