Hello Brian, et al, With respect to your comment below re NRTL Listed products and related "troubles":
I'll bet Dell or HP (your examples) and most others, have had their share of "troubles" and could tell you "tales" that would curl your hair. Do remember that the electrical safety standards are minimum requirements; There are plenty of opportunities for things to go "wrong" (including substituted parts, counterfeit components, poor manufacturing techniques, etc.). If you check the CPSC Recall Lists, you'll find a number of NRTL Listed Products exhibiting "troubles". Most of the majors have at least one recall at some time in the past (and, I only searched on their category - "Computer Equipment" and disregarded the recent flurry of battery-related "troubles". Best regards, Art Int'l Product Safety News A.E. Michael, Editor P.O. Box 1561 INT Middletown CT 06457-8061 U.S.A. Phone : (860) 344-1651 Email : [email protected] Website: http://www.safetylink.com ISSN : 1040-7529 =========================================== On Thu, 17 Jan 2008, Kunde, Brian wrote: > Dell and HP products would be NRTL listed, so how much trouble could > they get into? > > The Other Brian > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian > O'Connell > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 11:05 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: fire hazards from cheap computers ? > > http://itnews.com.au/News/68096,dell-hp-computers-sparked-catastrophic-f > ir > es-lawsuits-claim.aspx > > As these are not related to battery problems in portable machines, can > we assume cheap garbage power supplies ? > > I attempted to find a supporting trend on the U.S. CPSC, but no joy. > Anyone have any root-cause information of these flame-outs ? > > R/S, > Brian > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society > emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > > To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] > > Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html > > List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > > Scott Douglas [email protected] > Mike Cantwell [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > David Heald: [email protected] > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > > http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc > > LECO Corporation Notice: This communication may contain confidential information intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you received this by mistake, please destroy it and notify us of the error. Thank you. > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society > emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > > To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] > > Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html > > List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > > Scott Douglas [email protected] > Mike Cantwell [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > David Heald: [email protected] > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > > http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc > - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
