Should M&S know better?

[willy fixit]

Spot the mistake!

 

[The Ghost]

Double insulated eh? Mhmm!

 

[LeeH]

CE=Chinese Export.

 

[Pete999]

Agree it's their buyers thare at fault, probably an inexperienced University Graduate in Business Management, with absolutely no electrical experience, or common sense, personaly I like M&S and their aftersales ethos, the faults lie with the Management, much the same as the Orange sheds, buy and then sell anything if there is a market.
Things like this need bringing to their atention. Mind you tried it once before with the Management at the Orange Shed, got nowhere, in one ear and out the other.

 

[davesparks]

Can’t really see enough to know whether it’s a metal class 2 fitting or if there is a problem.

 

[Tes369]

I can't really see that well but it looks like you don't have a 20mm (male) brass bush looks like they clamped that box just between two 20mm locknuts.

* And it looks like there is a lack of a earth terminal.

Cheers

 

[Deleted member 72666]

My money is on it being a metal class 2 fitting. Out of curiosity why has your curiosity not got the better of you and had it stripped it down to see for yourself? I know the very first time I came across one of these I stripped it down to make sure I didn't make a fool of myself failing a desk lamp unnecessarily during its 'pat' test.

 

[kenny7askew]

CE=Chinese Export.

think its Conformité Européene

 

[LeeH]

think its Conformité Européene

 

[PEG]

Looking at the scrawping marks at all the nuts,it could have been swapped/modified,from original design,so M&S are innocent until further information

They have just re-introduced their cancelled large knicker range,so,they do listen to complaints.....obviously,not mine....honestly...

 

[willy fixit]

I hadn’t noticed the scrapes. They are new just taken the packaging off - I fitted an earth.
Wonder how many of these are waiting for a spark doing an EICR to C3 them?

 

[willy fixit]

My money is on it being a metal class 2 fitting. Out of curiosity why has your curiosity not got the better of you and had it stripped it down to see for yourself? I know the very first time I came across one of these I stripped it down to make sure I didn't make a fool of myself failing a desk lamp unnecessarily during its 'pat' test.

The sleeving on the flex to the lamp holder doesn’t go into the tube up to lamp holder - I don’t see how it could be class 2 myself - happy to be enlightened though!

 

[davesparks]

I can't really see that well but it looks like you don't have a 20mm (male) brass bush looks like they clamped that box just between two 20mm locknuts.

* And it looks like there is a lack of a earth terminal.

Cheers

Eh? It’s the back of a light fitting, that thread will be M10 most likely

 

[Tes369]

Don't know I was half asleep in my van

 

[7029 dave]

They do nice sandwiches.