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  • 26-09-2015 12:26pm
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    ronan.michael@g
    Registered Users Posts: 100 ✭✭


    Hope I am in the appropriate forum. Bought - on Ebay and from China - a sink top electric instant water heater costing around 60euro - a cheapie. I'll go straight to the point - went well for about two years - came home the other night to find that , quite simply, it had blown up! Neck burst apart - plastic unit half melted and warped - sand all over the sink. Lucky me it did'nt leak and did'nt go on fire. What a fright cos I was out of the house at the time. Be careful out there - things arn't always what you expect. Michael Ronan ps Writing all in Chineese except for the letters GTW. Further details ref. ORDER DATE etc.
    Oct 18, 2013

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    US $99.40
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    coylemj
    Registered Users Posts: 25,457 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    ronan.michael@g wrote: »
    Bought - on Ebay and from China - a sink top electric instant water heater costing around 60euro - a cheapie

    Not much point in reading further than the above. Buying a mains-powered device of any kind from China is pure madness.


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    Mr.Carter
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 209 ✭✭Mr.Carter


    Products that are considered of good manufacturers practice will be marked with CE.
    Stick to this and you'll generally fine.


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    endacl
    Registered Users Posts: 22,312 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    coylemj wrote: »
    Not much point in reading further than the above. Buying a mains-powered device of any kind from China is pure madness.

    Practically everything with a plug in any electrical retailer came from China.


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    Kenny Logins
    Registered Users Posts: 9,060 ✭✭✭Kenny Logins


    endacl wrote: »
    Practically everything with a plug in any electrical retailer came from China.

    Not directly though.


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    allthedoyles
    Registered Users Posts: 6,893 ✭✭✭allthedoyles


    It worked well for 2 years which tells me there may be an underlying cause , other that the item itself .


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    Mr.Carter
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 209 ✭✭Mr.Carter


    What way did you wire it up? As in what electricsl protection was advised for installation


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    delahuntv
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,532 ✭✭✭delahuntv


    Ebay, electric, China, cheap.

    Sorry, but there are strict electrical regulations for a reason.

    Bypassing them to save a few euro is just asking for trouble.

    Thankfully it didn't do any major harm, but imagine a worse scenario and electrical fire caused by a "cheap" water heater.


    Btw - i had an instant water heater installed in an office canteen recently. It cost €130 including installation by a registered installer.


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    allthedoyles
    Registered Users Posts: 6,893 ✭✭✭allthedoyles


    Plus the water heater in our office toilet blew up as well..................It lasted about 8 years , and was bought in local hardware store .


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    MarkAnthony
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭MarkAnthony


    Did the thread title make anyone else think of this?

    Danger! High Voltage by Electric Six - video removed as it's possibly NSFW.

    Also Sorry endacl! :pac:


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    endacl
    Registered Users Posts: 22,312 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    MarkAnthony wrote: »
    Did the thread title make anyone else think of this?

    No. But it's well lodged in my head now. Thanks for that.

    :mad:


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    kupus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,151 ✭✭✭kupus


    Mr.Carter wrote: »
    Products that are considered of good manufacturers practice will be marked with CE.
    Stick to this and you'll generally fine.

    pay and lobby hard enough, and the CE can appear anywhere. Dont overly rely on it/.


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    newbie2
    Registered Users Posts: 2,477 ✭✭✭newbie2


    Mr.Carter wrote: »
    Products that are considered of good manufacturers practice will be marked with CE.
    Stick to this and you'll generally fine.

    CE-Marks_mod.jpg


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    Greenmachine
    Registered Users Posts: 5,063 ✭✭✭Greenmachine


    newbie2 wrote: »
    CE-Marks_mod.jpg


    Sneaky feckers have just changed the spacing. Wasn't immediately obviously to what the different was between the CE mark and the China mark.


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    L1011
    Registered Users Posts: 69,038 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    The "declares item was made in China" bit above is untrue.

    And anyway, faking a CE mark properly isn't particularly hard.


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    coylemj
    Registered Users Posts: 25,457 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    endacl wrote: »
    Practically everything with a plug in any electrical retailer came from China.
    Kenny Logins wrote: »
    Not directly though.

    +1 There is a world of difference buying direct from an eBay seller and from Harvey Norman, DID, Power City or the like.


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    Miaireland
    Registered Users Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭Miaireland


    To be honest this is why I never buy any electrial items on ebay. It is hard to know what is safe/fake meets EU standard etc.


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