Everything that plugs into 120v ac requires the UL label (Underwriters Lab)
which is located in the next town (Melville) near the Nikon headquarters.
When they are done with an item, it can't be used anymore.
UL tests way beyond what might be considered normal use. For example, they
take a hair dryer, stick a bobby pin in through the grill to block the
fan(cause it an happen) and then turn it on to see if the thermal fuse shuts
it down. If it does, okay, if not, it fails inspection.
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John Hermanson www.zuiko.com
Camtech, Olympus Sales & Service since 1977
21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743-4714
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----- Original Message -----
From: <ll.clark@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] FS: Lots of little things
> In <018601c3340c$31175350$efe37ad1@hppav>, on 06/16/03
> at 09:34 AM, "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx> said:
>
> >No, AC adapter 3 exists, they were just never imported by Olympus
> >America because they could not pass UL tests without catching on fire.
>
> How would the UL tests compare with normal usage? Or is this question
> too imprecise?
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> les clark / edgewater, nj / usa
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>
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