Ceptics [REDACTED] electric wiring
1 report to CPSC, the latest made May 28, 2019. A report isn’t a recall.
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- 1report to CPSC
- May 28, 2019the latest report was made
- May 28, 2019the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Ceptics [REDACTED]
- Maker
- CepticsMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Electric wiringNot panel boards or outletsCPSC’s product type: Electric Wire or Wiring Systems (Excl Panelboards Recept (code 4062), in Home Maintenance and Structures: Electrical Systems
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| May 2019 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- No one hurt 1 CPSC: Incident, No Injury
As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.
The reports, as CPSC published them
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No one hurt Made May 28, 2019, sent to the company Jul 2, 2019, published by CPSC Jul 17, 2019
The product, in the report: [REDACTED] Ceptics Brazil Travel Adapter Plug with Dual Usa Input - Type N (3 Pack - Ultra Compact - Safe Grounded Perfect for Cell Phones, Laptops, Camera Chargers and More - Power Plug (CT-11C) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N6UAWQF
I am writing to identify dangerous design flaws in three products. The products are the following, and the flaw is the same in all of them.
Ceptics Brazil Travel Adapter Plug with Dual Usa Input - Type N (3 Pack - Ultra Compact https://www.amazon.com/Ceptics-Brazil-Travel-Adapter-Plug/dp/B01N6UAWQF/
Ceptics Brazil Travel Plug Adapter (Type N) - 3 Pack https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0197VRX8Y/
[REDACTED]
These adapters incorrectly wire the neutral socket to the pin which enters the hot socket on a Brazilian wall outlet, and they wire the hot socket to the pin which enters the neutral socket on the wall outlet. This results in reversed polarity, which is a dangerous condition that may cause your device to fry or may even cause electrocution!
The condition may go unnoticed because almost all contemporary devices will still work when they are connected to power and neutral on the wrong pins. But it is easy to verify by testing the circuit either with a multimeter, an electrical tester, or even a surge suppressor that has an LED to indicate when there is a wiring fault.
I bought more than Ceptics adapters and several more [REDACTED] adapters for my American devices before moving to Brazil, and am dismayed these adapters have this inexcusable flaw!
I first noticed this when my surge suppressors complained of a wiring fault, and then confirmed it with a multimeter. In the US, in a typical type C outlet, the left socket is taller and is intended for netural, the right socket is shorter and is intended for power, and the middle socket is round and offset below the others and intended for ground. In Brazil, in a typical type N outlet, all sockets are the same shape, which can lead to confusion. But the spec clearly states that the left socket should be wired for neutral, the right socket for power, and the middle socket is for ground. However, unlike in the US, where the ground socket is offset below the two others, the Brazilian ground socket is offset above the other two.
The people at Ceptics and [REDACTED clearly misunderstood this, and designed the pins upside down, as if the ground socket should be below the others like in the US, not above the others where in Brazil it belongs. These adapters put the pins into the wall socket are UPSIDE DOWN!
This causes reversed polarity, and it puts all devices that are plugged into these adapters, and everyone who may touch them, at risk.
It should not be a surprise, one of my [REDACTED adapters also sparked and burned when I turned on a night light on that was plugged into it.
These adapters should be pulled off the market due to the danger they cause!
Note that I am now living in Brazil, but I maintain a US mailing address. For simplicity’s sake I will provide my US address in the form below.
- Model
- See Product Description Above
- Bought from
- Amazon
- Bought
- Apr 15, 2019
- Where
- Grosse Pointe Woods, MI, Michigan: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Ceptics [REDACTED], made or sold by Ceptics
- Reports CPSC links to it
- 20190701-C0DC0-1884484
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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