Scary stuff..

[ban-all-sheds]

http://edmundson-electrical.voltili...=&universe=manufacturer.mannews.brand&id=1079

This quote seemed particularly grim: "For example, in Dubai, potentially lethal 'circuit breakers,' which are just push button switches, and in Yemen 600A 'fuses' with copper straps instead of fuse elements, were discovered."

 

[big-all]

heeelllooo b a s

so you recognise the fakes by















the soot marks on the face plate

 

[AdamW]

Italian, French, American, Canadian and Australian associations have expressed strong interest in joining the campaign

Perhaps these counterfeit products are to blame for the poor standards of electrical installation in the first two of these countries?

 

[TonyS]

It's a sad endorsement of British industry. Accountants now rule the roost rather than engineers.

It's crap, but what the hell, it's cheap

I was lucky to survive a 1000 Amp fuse failing, I've never seen the ceramic casing split on a fuse before. The accounts department of the company I worked for had found a cheaper supplier

The fuse is now in my little black museum

 

[AdamW]

I was lucky to survive a 1000 Amp fuse failing, I've never seen the ceramic casing split on a fuse before. The accounts department of the company I worked for had found a cheaper supplier

And they would have saved SO much money when the ceramic casing takes your eye out and you sue them for millions of pounds in injuries and the inability to work ever again.

 

[plugwash]

i would think you should take action against the company anyway for health and safety

ie they used an infirior product in a safety criticial situation

 

[salem2000]

Any chance of a pic of the offending item

Just out of intrest.

 

[TonyS]

Any chance of a pic of the offending item

Just out of intrest.

Will see what I can do. It was a high speed HRC for protecting thyristors and diodes in a 1850KW drive.

There's 24 1000A fuses in the beast