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In Austria we say that those instructions are obviously translated from japanese or chinese to traditional thai, then to Suomi, to English, mandarin, italian, back to english and then to German, mostly involving computers.

"errors are human, but if one wants to make real shit he still needs a computer..."
quote from a radio moderator some years ago.

Personally I hate reading instructions, I just look at the pretty pictures.

which , i beleive, are not a part of the listing.......

Texas_Ranger,

You forgot Swahili and Gaelic!



Steve, so am I incorrect in assuming that the UL listing is subject to installation according to the manufacturer's instructions?

Where do we draw the line?



(Obviously, the line is somewhere above this garbage!)

[This message has been edited by sparky66wv (edited 11-20-2002).]

Virgil,
from 110.3(B) here, i believe that only the instrcutions included in the listing and labeling apply....

(B) Installation and Use. Listed or labeled equipment shall be installed and used in accordance with any instructions included in the listing or labeling.

So, do we need to carry around a copy of the White Book as well?
Crap, I better start looking around for a "literature trailer" to drag around behind the truck. The briefcase is already stuffed!

sparky66wv,
Hang it your own way, those instructions are for Mr DIY.

Do any of you really think the guy who produced the instruction sheet ever hung a light fixture???

Ed

Electric-Ed:

Frequently Mr. DIY sometimes hangs up these damned close-to-the-ceiling enclosed fixtures using 18-AWG (or .75 mm) ZIP CORD from the lampholder into the box...and then after loosing the wirenuts that came with the fixture, tapes up the splices with DUCT TAPE or even worse...sello-tape (in my previous apartment someone did this to a dimmer switch)!!!!!

Of course they then pop two 100-watt bulbs into a fixture rated for two 60s.

ARGHHHHHHH.

Sorry guys....I really get pissed at this sort of thing because as an apartment dweller I've had to fix the previous tenants' mistakes...

I recently installed a TV Bracket, to fix a TV to the wall, at a customers house, in their bedroom as it was, fixing the wallmount
part to the wall, was the easiest bit, I then had to de-cipher the instructions(in Chinese)as how to put the rest of the bracket together, it took me an hour and a half, to put it together, no pictures, nothing.
Why do we import such crap!.

NAFTA.....

[This message has been edited by sparky (edited 11-21-2002).]