Eisboch wrote:

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


The problem is finding a product like that made in the US. Chinese
imports have taken over many categories entirely.

Was there a UL label on the box? There probably was and you really have
to wonder how they pulled that off. My only guess if that the sample
reviewed by the UL was made perfectly and after that...anything goes.

"D K" wrote in message
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Was there a UL label on the box? There probably was and you really have
to wonder how they pulled that off. My only guess if that the sample
reviewed by the UL was made perfectly and after that...anything goes.

Yup, there is a UL label. Doesn't mean a thing because quality control is a
statistical thing.
It means the design is UL labeled, but doesn't mean the
manufacturing/assembly process meets the requirements.

Eisboch

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"D K" wrote in message
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Was there a UL label on the box? There probably was and you really have
to wonder how they pulled that off. My only guess if that the sample
reviewed by the UL was made perfectly and after that...anything goes.

Yup, there is a UL label. Doesn't mean a thing because quality control is
a statistical thing.
It means the design is UL labeled, but doesn't mean the
manufacturing/assembly process meets the requirements.

Eisboch


UL does recurring factory checkups, both the processes and product.

"Eisboch" wrote in message
...

"D K" wrote in message
...

Was there a UL label on the box? There probably was and you really have
to wonder how they pulled that off. My only guess if that the sample
reviewed by the UL was made perfectly and after that...anything goes.

Yup, there is a UL label. Doesn't mean a thing because quality control is
a statistical thing.
It means the design is UL labeled, but doesn't mean the
manufacturing/assembly process meets the requirements.

Eisboch

UL is about give me money and you can stamp it UL.