On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 10:57 PM, Xiaofan Chen wrote: > > You have a wrong perception here. No matter what you will get sued. > If the UL mark is real, you have better change to win the case or > reduce the damage. If the UL mark is fraudulent and they can > prove that you know that it is fraudulent or you do not do due > intelligence to check that, you are in big trouble. > > -- > Xiaofan http://mcuee.blogspot.com > -- > > That may be the case, but your odds of getting struck by lightning are probably higher than having a wall-wart burn down someone's house. Even the really cheap ones are designed just well enough to not cause a fire. They might get warm because they left a few laminations off of the transformer, and they probably smell like that awful oil that parts from China get coated in, but it's probably not going to burn your house down. -- Martin K. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist