Hello,

Found on a cheap chinese powersupply:
WARNING:

(1) this device may not cause harmful interference.

(2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.



Bertus

Believe it or not that is the criteria for electrical/electronic equipment to comply with the EU EMC directive and have a CE marking

 

and have a CE marking

I have read somewhere that it actually means "Chinese Export".

 

I have read somewhere that it actually means "Chinese Export".

That's just a rumor, and it's completely false. It actually stands for "Conformité Européenne", meaning "European Conformity". That, of course, means it conforms to all the basic requirements for safety in Europe.

 

That's just a rumor, and it's completely false. It actually stands for "Conformité Européenne", meaning "European Conformity". That, of course, means it conforms to all the basic requirements for safety in Europe.

not according to the guys at Raspberry Pi. They say there is actually 2 different CE symbols which look almost exactly the same. The first one is as you describe; the second one is a clever chinese, slightly altered symbol, which stands for chinese export.

 

not according to the guys at Raspberry Pi. They say there is actually 2 different CE symbols which look almost exactly the same. The first one is as you describe; the second one is a clever chinese, slightly altered symbol, which stands for chinese export.

Wow, I never knew that before. That's sneaky!

Check the distance between the C and the E and you'll know for sure.

 

According to one of my students the "UL" sticker stands for " Uncle Larry"

 

On edit ...

I found a better example at http://casadepedraescalada.blogspot.com/2009/11/conformite-europeenne-ou-chinese-export.html

 

so now you have to take a vernier caliper with you to the store to verify the CE logo

 

so now you have to take a vernier caliper with you to the store to verify the CE logo

Not I. Whoever inspects the stuff at European ports are the one's who need calipers.

But I will look at the FCC logos now.

 

"Chinese Honesty" at it's best huh.

I heard there is a Chinese town where they manufacture bearings, so they named the town "Germany". So now they can stamp "Made in Germany" on Chinese bearings that look identical to proper German quality bearings.

And one I saw recently; Chinese power tools named "Bocsh".

 

can't tell exactly from the thumbnail, but it looks as though it's sporting the actual EU "CE".

 

Quote RB - "I heard there is a Chinese town where they manufacture bearings, so they named the town "Germany". So now they can stamp "Made in Germany" on Chinese bearings that look identical to proper German quality bearings."

Always heard that back in the 1950 - 60's about Japan. But it was a town called USA, and "made in USA"

 

can't tell exactly from the thumbnail, but it looks as though it's sporting the actual EU "CE".

Who knows? Maybe it does actually comply, or maybe it's more Chinese Honesty. Toss a coin.

Quote RB - "I heard there is a Chinese town where they manufacture bearings, so they named the town "Germany". So now they can stamp "Made in Germany" on Chinese bearings that look identical to proper German quality bearings."

Always heard that back in the 1950 - 60's about Japan. But it was a town called USA, and "made in USA"

Possibly true. With the "Germany" bearings I've seen photos of the bearing packets with the "Made in Germany" and some text in English, but the rest of the text labelling all in native Chinese and the bearings were supplied from China.

 

A successful rancher died and left everything to his devoted wife.

She was a very good-looking woman and determined to keep the ranch, but knew very little about ranching, so she decided to place an ad in the newspaper for a ranch hand.

Two cowboys applied for the job. One was gay and the other a drunk.

She thought long and hard about it, and when no one else applied she decided to hire the gay guy, figuring it would be safer to have him around the house than the drunk.

He proved to be a hard worker who put in long hours every day and knew a lot about ranching. For weeks, the two of them worked, and the ranch was doing very well.

Then one day, the rancher's widow said to the hired hand, "You have done a really good job, and the ranch looks great. You should go into town and kick up your heels." The hired hand readily agreed and went into town one Saturday night.

One o'clock came, however, and he didn't return.

Two o'clock and no hired hand.

Finally he returned a round two-thirty, and upon entering the room, he found the rancher's widow sitting by the fireplace with a glass of wine, waiting for him.

She quietly called him over to her. "Unbutton my blouse and take it off," she said.

Trembling, he did as she directed. "Now take off my boots."

He did as she asked, ever so slowly. "Now take off my stockings."

He removed each gently and placed them neatly by her boots. "Now take off my skirt."

He slowly unbuttoned it, constantly watching her eyes in the fire light.

"Now take off my bra.." Again, with trembling hands, he did as he was told and dropped it to the floor.

Then she looked at him and said, "If you ever wear my clothes into town again, you're fired."

 

I did not see it going that direction

 

 

Now thats actually the funniest tech humor I've seen since IT guy vs Sales guy.

 

Sign on secretaries desk ( made in Miami beach last night).

 

I makes perfect sense too

resistors + LM741 -> analog computer.

Allen