Unfortunately the only person to blame in this type of situation is the person that bought the item. These is no one to sue because there is no warranty or certification to a particular purpose, even if you could find the maker, there is no lemon law with new products, if they don't claim in black and white signed in blood that it will last more than 30 seconds it doesn't have to. If there is any mentioned warranty on the product I'm sure the customer support will sap the will to live out of any human being, if you can even find a contact number. If you pay a lot for this kind of crap, again it's caveat emptor, assume anything and it makes an ass out of u and me =) Anything to save a buck will get you this type of product, it gets us Americans literally boatloads of it, the reason so many buy it is because so many people don't pay attention to what they buy and assume a purchase will fit a need.
Pretty much any Chinese wall wart adapter is dangerous as non of them have any current or temperature limiting fuses. Further, the transformers in them are loaded at 100% and even more sometimes. Keep in mind that in order to sell electronics equipment in USA and Canada, they must have FCC approval which they certainly do. The only question arises is: What the hell is FCC thinking when approving such dangerously flawed products that are probably the number one cause of household fires in USA.
I blame our corrupt FCC not the Chinese. Chinese workers do as they are being told and Chinese business comply with their customers demands. So it is the American businessmen and the corrupt FCC to blame
Not so sure. I recall reading that Metell did not want anything to do with lead paint problems. They shipped paint to China. The toys arrived with lead based paint because the company in China sold the good paint for additional profit.The Chinese will do whatever you want, from cheap crap to good quality, but it depends on the will of the manufacturer to pay for and enforce quality control...
The attached images were of a brand name Cooler Master 600 Watt ATX Power Supply. The first image is the name plate data, followed by a few resistors that had a bad day and a chip where the smoke escaped. The last image is an example of flux removal or lack of.
That power supply failed after a few months under a light load. On sale it was about a $20 USD power supply. A good well built switching PSU for 12 volts only capable of 30 amps typically runs over $200 USD so go figure.
Anyway, thought I would share the images.
Ron
The attached images were of a brand name Cooler Master 600 Watt ATX Power Supply. The first image is the name plate data, followed by a few resistors that had a bad day and a chip where the smoke escaped. The last image is an example of flux removal or lack of.
That power supply failed after a few months under a light load. On sale it was about a $20 USD power supply. A good well built switching PSU for 12 volts only capable of 30 amps typically runs over $200 USD so go figure.
Anyway, thought I would share the images.
Ron
Pretty much any Chinese wall wart adapter is dangerous as non of them have any current or temperature limiting fuses. Further, the transformers in them are loaded at 100% and even more sometimes. Keep in mind that in order to sell electronics equipment in USA and Canada, they must have FCC approval which they certainly do. The only question arises is: What the hell is FCC thinking when approving such dangerously flawed products that are probably the number one cause of household fires in USA.
I blame our corrupt FCC not the Chinese. Chinese workers do as they are being told and Chinese business comply with their customers demands. So it is the American businessmen and the corrupt FCC to blame
The toys arrived with lead based paint because the company in China sold the good paint for additional profit.
Somebody got thier calculations wrong!
Not so sure. I recall reading that Metell did not want anything to do with lead paint problems. They shipped paint to China. The toys arrived with lead based paint because the company in China sold the good paint for additional profit.
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