Posted by ChrisB on May 26, 2009 at 15:48:55 from (97.95.187.61):
In Reply to: O.T. this was scary posted by GordoSD on May 26, 2009 at 09:05:25:
rustyfarmall said: (quoted from post at 13:55:09 05/26/09)
RobMD said: (quoted from post at 09:55:29 05/26/09) Often it makes you WONDER about what the folks at UL are doing when the boss isn't around!
Most light bulbs today are made in either Mexico or China. Underwriters Laboratory has no say in it anymore. I have not found a "made in Mexico" light bulb yet that fits well into a light socket.
I have to agree with Rusty. A UL rating is worthless anymore. My money is that the socket is made in China. UL "licenses" factories to use their label. Factory pays a fee (China included), claims to comply with UL specs then put the UL label on the product.
I purchased one of those bench articulating lamps from a catalog. Lamp came in with the UL sticker, along with the Made in China one. It had an additional grounded socket on the base of the unit. I plugged it in and it shocked me every time I touched the lamp. Upon inspection I noticed that the plug on the lamp was not grounded yet the socket on the bas was. I threw it out and will never ever trust the UL sticker again.
UL is nothing more then a profit center. I now look for the Europe safety sticker.
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