What's With These Holographic UL stickers?

[Watson A.Name - Watt Sun, Dark Remover]

Gee, you'd think that these UL stickers that are on electrical items
like plug switches are the latest and greatest microsloth software.
The sticker shows the holographic UL in a circle when you move it
around in the light. Y4?

Next thing you know, they'll have a shrink-wrap license on the back of
the blister pack!! ;-))


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[Richard Crowley]

Gee, you'd think that these UL stickers that are on electrical items
like plug switches are the latest and greatest microsloth software.
The sticker shows the holographic UL in a circle when you move it
around in the light. Y4?

One can only assume that they are having the same problem
as Microsoft, counterfeiting. Likely lots of places where it is
illegal to sell without UL stickers, but UL approval is not cheap.

Next thing you know, they'll have a shrink-wrap license on the back of
the blister pack!! ;-))

Last couple of power extension cords I bought have several HUGE
plastic tags on each end with warnings about everything up to a reminder
to keep breathing to avoid asphyxiation.

 

[Watson A.Name - Watt Sun, Dark Remover]

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One can only assume that they are having the same problem
as Microsoft, counterfeiting. Likely lots of places where it is
illegal to sell without UL stickers, but UL approval is not cheap.


Last couple of power extension cords I bought have several HUGE
plastic tags on each end with warnings about everything up to a reminder
to keep breathing to avoid asphyxiation.

Hah-hah! Snork! One of the guys at work was out because he got
scalded by some hot water. Reminded me of that lady who won the
lawsuit against McDonalds because she got scalded by hot coffee.
Now every time I see a cup of coffee, I'm reminded of that by the now
prevelant WARNING on it. In multiple languages!


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Just when you thought you had all this figured out, the gov't
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[Spehro Pefhany]

Hah-hah! Snork! One of the guys at work was out because he got
scalded by some hot water. Reminded me of that lady who won the
lawsuit against McDonalds because she got scalded by hot coffee.
Now every time I see a cup of coffee, I'm reminded of that by the now
prevelant WARNING on it. In multiple languages!

Warning: Do not immerse genitals in product.

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

Gee, you'd think that these UL stickers that are on electrical items
like plug switches are the latest and greatest microsloth software.
The sticker shows the holographic UL in a circle when you move it
around in the light. Y4?

Next thing you know, they'll have a shrink-wrap license on the back of
the blister pack!! ;-))

BTW, now some of the pirates in China are using holographic stickers
on "their" software (!). Presumably to safeguard their brand name and
fine reputation..

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

Warning: Do not immerse genitals in product.

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

Actually, if they do, we can be fairly sure they won't be breeding to
have more little idiots to follow in their footsteps.

 

[Perion]

Warning: Do not immerse genitals in product.

Wow - I never thought of that. You saved me from my plan to sit naked on my
deep frier later tonight. That frier doesn't have any such warnings! What's
wrong with these capitalist pig manufacturers anyway? The government just
has to do something - NOW!

Perion

 

[John Larkin]

Gee, you'd think that these UL stickers that are on electrical items
like plug switches are the latest and greatest microsloth software.
The sticker shows the holographic UL in a circle when you move it
around in the light. Y4?

Next thing you know, they'll have a shrink-wrap license on the back of
the blister pack!! ;-))

I was over in England a few weeks ago, talking to some folks about
building them a nasty (3KV pulses, couple ns wide, 500 KHz or so)
pulse generator, which terrifies me from an EMI standpoint. So I asked
them if they would require CEmark certification. They all cracked up,
laughed at me like I was an idiot. One of them took pity on me and
explained that CE actually stands for Can't Enforce.

John

 

[Frank Bemelman]

Warning: Do not immerse genitals in product.

Oh, but the have cold drinks too at McDonalds. You can safely
dip your genitals in that, and let it sit there for as long
as you like.

 

[Roy J. Tellason]

Wow - I never thought of that. You saved me from my plan to sit naked on
my deep frier later tonight. That frier doesn't have any such warnings!
What's wrong with these capitalist pig manufacturers anyway? The
government just has to do something - NOW!

Perion

There's only one problem with your saying this...

That being, there are *way* too many people out there who don't see the
sarcasm embedded in that post. And they think that government *IS* the
best answer to the problem. :-(

 

[Jerry G.]

There are a lot of manufactures out in remote parts of the world who are
copying the UL stickers in order to sell the products in the US and Canada.
The ones with the holograph, will be very difficult to replicate. I am sure
that they may even have some hidden markings of some type. Try using a UV-A
type UV lamp on it, to see if there are any invisible security markings.

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message Gee, you'd think that these UL stickers that are on electrical items
like plug switches are the latest and greatest microsloth software.
The sticker shows the holographic UL in a circle when you move it
around in the light. Y4?

Next thing you know, they'll have a shrink-wrap license on the back of
the blister pack!! ;-))


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Don't be ripped off by the big book dealers. Go to the URL
that will give you a choice and save you money(up to half).
http://www.everybookstore.com You'll be glad you did!
Just when you thought you had all this figured out, the gov't
changed it: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html
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[DarkMatter]

Gee, you'd think that these UL stickers that are on electrical items
like plug switches are the latest and greatest microsloth software.
The sticker shows the holographic UL in a circle when you move it
around in the light. Y4?

It is so they cab=n be considered authentic. The sticker is also
likely to be the type the destructs upon attempted removal as well.

Like warranty stickers.

Next thing you know, they'll have a shrink-wrap license on the back of
the blister pack!! ;-))

In europe, they want to charge for things like mouse scroll bars,
and the guy that wrote that code... etc etc. It's going to be a
nightmare over there, if they ever pass that crap.

 

[DarkMatter]

One can only assume that they are having the same problem
as Microsoft, counterfeiting. Likely lots of places where it is
illegal to sell without UL stickers, but UL approval is not cheap.

Merely placing a sticker on your product won't cut it, however, no
matter how good the sticker is, or how "legit"

 

[DarkMatter]

Warning: Do not immerse genitals in product.

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

Wringer washers...

Remeber? where did the expression "get yer tit in a wringer" come
from?

 

[DarkMatter]

BTW, now some of the pirates in China are using holographic stickers
on "their" software (!). Presumably to safeguard their brand name and
fine reputation..

China has things that they actually authored from scratch? No way.

Let's pirate it!

 

[DarkMatter]

Wow - I never thought of that. You saved me from my plan to sit naked on my
deep frier later tonight. That frier doesn't have any such warnings! What's
wrong with these capitalist pig manufacturers anyway? The government just
has to do something - NOW!

Perion

I crouch over my deep fryer with my balls swinging in it all the
time. (not really)

You won't catch me filling it with oil first, however. ;]

 

[Bob]

The holographic labels were originally required for certain products
manufactured in china. They were to combat counterfeiting of UL labels.
Their use has been expanded to other categories of equipment but still for
products made in Asia. Mostly low priced easily counterfeited. Counterfeit
labeled extension cords for instance contain undersized wire and thin
insulation and are unsafe.

The labels were combined with an education program and anti counterfeit
initiative with US customs. If you want the whole story contact Brian Monks
UL's Melville, NY office. Also try the website www.ul.com.

 

[jriegle]

After seeing the labels that have to be placed on products now, it makes me
feel good that there are people in this world that a dumber than I.
John

 

[Keith R. Williams]

Wow - I never thought of that. You saved me from my plan to sit naked on my
deep frier later tonight. That frier doesn't have any such warnings! What's
wrong with these capitalist pig manufacturers anyway? The government just
has to do something - NOW!

Oh good grief! Thirty years ago "Fondue" was all the rage. We
never even thought about doing rocky-mountain (or any other)
oysters in there. Squatting on one??? Indeed we were taught at
an early age that coffee was hot too. Go figr kidz today!
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[Gerald Newton]

Gee, you'd think that these UL stickers that are on electrical items
like plug switches are the latest and greatest microsloth software.
The sticker shows the holographic UL in a circle when you move it
around in the light. Y4?

Next thing you know, they'll have a shrink-wrap license on the back of
the blister pack!! ;-))

Counterfeit UL labels are a common occurence in Alaska. While inspecting
the Red Dog Mine project I found numerous nonlisted equipment. On the next
trip the equipment had UL labels on it. I took the number off the UL albels
and contacted UL to find that the labels had come from England. UL wanted
me to investigate for them. That was not possible and UL never followed up.