Recall Super Cheap 4 outlet power board

Have you ever looked inside a cheap power board. The conductors and contacts are minimally sized to the point of being flimsy. The contacts are single-sided only, i.e. touching only one side of the pin with plastic support on the other side of the pin. The plastic housing is thin and fragile. In a word, they are rubbish.

As you say Bantam, I also wonder how they comply. I haven't read the appropriate compliance standard but it must be pretty lenient.

Cheap power boards present a risk but there appear to be very few robust ones other than those with features such as surge protection and accordingly much higher priced. The couple in my home are older & better, and are only used on very low loadings.

Yes Peter, although I have seen a number of sockets with only one-side contact, some were better than others in their quality.

In this instance........."concerning resistance to fire and a secure connection to inserted plugs" suggests that this product was inadequate in that consideration.

I also found that maintaining access to the Standards no longer justified the cost.