Aaron Clarke
Well-Known Member
In your pendulum swing to make your point I do think you went a bit to far. I think you'd be pretty hard pressed to get a listing company or manufacture to say that their certification or testing means a device is "able to handle the misuse by end users without creating a life safety issue". Example, It is very easy for me to burn my house down and kill my family by mis-using a UL listed space heater.
I'm not saying a listed device doesn't have measures built in to help prevent life safety issues from misuse but it by no means should be said that it will protect you from misuse. I would not want anyone to presume a listed device is safe from causing injury when misused based on a statement on this forum. Which I'm sure was not your intention at all.