"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Canuck57" wrote in message
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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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Went to Lowes and bought an 8' track lighting system to mount over my
"high end" guitar wall.

Installed the track, wired it up and put the first of four fixtures in
it. Worked fine.
Installed the second fixture. Worked fine.

Installed the third. Didn't work. Changed the bulb. Still didn't
work.
Fiddled with it for a while then decided it is probably bad and put it
aside.

Installed the forth fixture. Didn't work. Changed the bulb, still
didn't work.
Fiddled around, still didn't work.

Finally took it apart to figure out why.

It could never have worked. It was put together wrong and if I had
happened to get the contacts to connect, it would have shorted out the
supply voltage.

I took the other one that didn't work apart. Same thing.

Looked at the boxes they came in. Sure enough. Brand name is
"Portfolio" but "Made in China" is printed in small print on the box.

Moral: Don't buy any electrical appliances or potentially
dangerous/fire producing items that are made in China. I am not
kidding. This is not the first time I've run into this. Some of the
products being made in China are dangerous. There is obviously no
production or quality control in some of their manufacturing facilities.

They should stick to noodles.

Eisboch

But you bought it because it was cheap. Think about that before
responding.


I am thinking about the hundreds of thousands of people who shop at Lowe's
or Home Depot installing these in their homes and wasting their money at
the least and risking a fire in the worst case.

Eisboch

Call up UL, and ask to send them the defective one at their charge.