Night lights

[Primo]

Can someone please tell me why does GE put out night lights that are UL listed ,not approved, with aluminum prongs on them. I have come across numerous locations where the light itself had caused fires, was not removable from the outlet because of oxidation, and also was the cause for tripping the breaker. I am beginning to feel this is a growing situation that needs to be stopped before someone is killed in a fire.

 

[iwire]

Can someone please tell me why does GE put out night lights that are UL listed ,not approved,

There is no such thing as UL 'Approved'

 

[mxslick]

Primo, welcome to the forum. :grin:

You can report your findings to the CPSC at this LINK.

It would be helpful to the CSPC if you have photos or the remains of damaged nightlights and/or receptacles.

 

[hurk27]

Are you finding these in home by the ocean where there is allot of salt in the air?

I have found a few but in every case it wasn't the light that caused the damage, it was the fact the circuit was spliced on the receptacle, some even stabbed in the back, and this was where the home owner had a heavy load down stream from this outlet, such as a window air unit or a portable heater, vacuum cleaner, almost all the cases was a bad connection at the receptacle, which started producing heat and eventually burned up the connections and receptacle, I could not see a 4 watt night light doing this, you might want to look on the next one for heavy loads down stream from the affected receptacles or ask if they used any in the near past. the heat generated from a bad connection with a 4 watt load would not be enough to cause much damage?
Remember the heat cause at one point can be transmitted to another part through the copper and aluminum connections, and can appear to be coming from the night light but in fact is a bad connection on the receptacle.

 

[Jraef]

Are you sure they aren't counterfeit Chinese knock-offs? I seriously doubt GE would make a risky product like that just to save a penny or two, they have way too much exposure. Faking UL labels and brand labels is not unheard of for the Chinese Junkies, or "Chunkies" as I have started calling them. If a product is popular, there is some little factory in China making them with junk, faking the labels and selling them for pennies on the dollar to web based resellers all over the world. Then people go to shop on-line and brag about how much they saved...