Learned something new - CE certification

[mikester]

Turns out you can't trust the labels...

I was always told you can trust CE certification i.e. my auto tint welding shield has the CE label meaning it meets certain minimum safety standards.

Turns out the chionese are faking this certification to mislead consumers into thinking you are buying something that actually meets minimum safety standards. The above photo shows the "china export" logo which is a clone of the "Conforite Europeenne" logo with a slightly closer spacing. The real CE label doesn't have the grid shown in this photo, the grid is shown here to demonstrate how the real CE logo is made to compare against the chinese scamware version.

Buyer beware. Don't trust the chinese when it comes to YOUR safety

 

[GreensvilleJay]

hmm maybe the CE logo wasn't copyrighted by the EU ? If it is, then the EU should halt,inspect and seize ALL goods with the bogus CE logo on them !....

course I'm still wondering how all the high voltage battery powered stuff got approved. years ago anything made in Canada HAD to get special inspection/approval if over 28VDC. Some devices have 60-70-98 VDC battery packs.

 

[mikester]

hmm maybe the CE logo wasn't copyrighted by the EU ? If it is, then the EU should halt,inspect and seize ALL goods with the bogus CE logo on them !....

course I'm still wondering how all the high voltage battery powered stuff got approved. years ago anything made in Canada HAD to get special inspection/approval if over 28VDC. Some devices have 60-70-98 VDC battery packs.

I recall ESA in Ontario not caring about anything under 40V which is considered low voltage

The final word here

Exceptions to Product Approval Requirements

You must get approval for electrical products sold or used in Ontario, according to the Ontario Electrical Safety Code Rule 2-022. The following are…

esasafe.com

 

[Bmyers]

During the last eclipse there were fake glasses being sold that had certification labels on them.

https://aas.org/press/american-astronomical-society-warns-counterfeit-fake-eclipse-glasses

The inside left earpieces of counterfeit Chinese (top) and genuine American (bottom) eclipse glasses. Much of the text on the counterfeit glasses is copied from the real ones. Note that the counterfeit glasses include the name of U.S. company American Paper Optics but not the address (though there is a spurious fragment of an unrelated address above the name), whereas APO's glasses include both their name and address, as required by the ISO 12312-2 international standard for filters for direct observation of the Sun. Courtesy American Paper Optics and the American Astronomical Society.

 

[The Evil Twin]

Buyer beware. Don't trust the chinese

Fixed it!