Chinese fab mains wiring for North America

It's come to my attention that chinese products with
black-white color coded line cords are regularly
miswired with black-neutral, white-live. These
will regularly be marked as CE - their sole safety
qualification.

Anyone buying chinese hobby-type products with
mains connection had best be advised to check
them out, The fault may simply be the polarity
of the 3-wire line cord.

In any event, this characteristic can result
in unsafe 'off' single pole mains switch function,
single-fault fuse location.

Even such items as DIY led cabinet lighting can show
'glow in the dark' behavior, unless corrected. This
is 'tingle' current flowing in the 'off' state.

RL