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<blockquote data-quote="myke" data-source="post: 504126" data-attributes="member: 32134"><p>Ebay listing sold by a uk seller <a href="https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/138-LED-Twinkle-Star-Curtain-Window-Fairy-Lights-Christmas-Party-Wedding-Plug-in/383771301438?hash=item595a8d563e:g:ZO8AAOSw2S1fjVZe" target="_blank">https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/138-LED-Twinkle-Star-Curtain-Window-Fairy-Lights-Christmas-Party-Wedding-Plug-in/383771301438?hash=item595a8d563e:g:ZO8AAOSw2S1fjVZe</a></p><p></p><p>Well they look ace (put back in box after a quick inspection) marked double insulated and IP44 and they are not. lights run at mains voltage (probably a capacitor dropper) and the plug top seen similar but never this small pins are undersized too. its marked 10A . Definitely going back. (not tried the magnet test to see if the wire is magnetic had seen enough)</p><p></p><p>I have tried all sorts of Chinesium in the past got some rubbish and some bargains.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]11015[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="myke, post: 504126, member: 32134"] Ebay listing sold by a uk seller [URL="https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/138-LED-Twinkle-Star-Curtain-Window-Fairy-Lights-Christmas-Party-Wedding-Plug-in/383771301438?hash=item595a8d563e:g:ZO8AAOSw2S1fjVZe"]https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/138-LED-Twinkle-Star-Curtain-Window-Fairy-Lights-Christmas-Party-Wedding-Plug-in/383771301438?hash=item595a8d563e:g:ZO8AAOSw2S1fjVZe[/URL] Well they look ace (put back in box after a quick inspection) marked double insulated and IP44 and they are not. lights run at mains voltage (probably a capacitor dropper) and the plug top seen similar but never this small pins are undersized too. its marked 10A . Definitely going back. (not tried the magnet test to see if the wire is magnetic had seen enough) I have tried all sorts of Chinesium in the past got some rubbish and some bargains. [ATTACH]11015._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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