More cheap not-quite-chinese components...

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http://www.ludens.cl/Electron/chinverter/chinverter.html

This is an excellent page showing all of the problems with a Taiwanese power ups/inverter/charger/etc green power sort of thing. 

I would never dream of calling for government regulations on this sort of thing. The problem we have right now is that the ability of these companies to produce and ship crap to other countries outstrips our ability to discover they’re crap and warn everyone. We really need some sort of third party charity whose sole purpose is to do detailed testing of all of the electric components that come out and write up huge guides on their shortcomings and hazards… Maybe if it has wide enough distribution and everyone uses it to check their components before buying them, it’ll force some of these companies to improve the quality of their parts…

Or they’ll take the other path, keep changing their name over and over again to continue to sell this junk.