MK Sockets withdrawn from market

[Crafty_]

Seen a few comments here recently about MK having dropped in quality and happened across this https://www.gov.uk/product-safety-alerts-reports-r...

Risk of arc flash if socket switched off under load, product withdrawn from sale. If you have any, might be worth checking, just in case.

[Mr Whippy]

Yikes.

I can only assume also a fire hazard?

[PhilkSVR]

There must be plenty out there.

[dlks151]

Wow, MK we’re always the benchmark for quality when I was serving my time.

[PhilboSE]

That’s one of their budget ranges, that’s slightly old news. Haven’t seen them IRL but they look really nasty.

Some of the MK range is still ok IMO. I still prefer Hamilton for price/performance.

[Rough101]

I’ve never even seen one of these, only ever used the mainstream range.

I suspect though that where they have been used, there will be a LOT of them.

[JoshSm]

dlks151 said:

Wow, MK we’re always the benchmark for quality when I was serving my time.

The bad stuff says it was made in China, do they still make stuff in Southend?

[Regbuser]

Also covered in previous thread > https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[chip*]

JoshSm said:

The bad stuff says it was made in China, do they still make stuff in Southend?

Must be well over a decade ago, but everything got offloaded abroad hence quality dropping.

My good friend still works in MK Southend (his only job!), and he personally made every switch and plug in my house except the kitchen for me!

[Simpo Two]

chip* said:

JoshSm said:

The bad stuff says it was made in China, do they still make stuff in Southend?

Must be well over a decade ago, but everything got offloaded abroad hence quality dropping.

My good friend still works in MK Southend (his only job!), and he personally made every switch and plug in my house except the kitchen for me!

MK should have split their offering into UK made ('MK') and Chinese made ('Sparkobang'). Too late now it seems.

[Crafty_]

Regbuser said:

Also covered in previous thread > https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Ah, didn't see that one, didn't mean to double up, apologies.

[craig1912]

PhilboSE said:

that’s slightly old news..

It’s not though is it? .gov page is dated this month.

[craig1912]

Mr Whippy said:

Yikes.

I can only assume also a fire hazard?

Doesn’t say that though does it.

Hazard: The product presentsa risk of minor burns, as it has been identified that when the switch on the socket is being switched on, or switched off, whilst it is under load, there is a possibility for an arc flash to occur, for milliseconds.

[PhilboSE]

craig1912 said:

PhilboSE said:

that’s slightly old news..

It’s not though is it? .gov page is dated this month.

Well, it’s not “new” news is it? It’s old enough to have been issued, published 3 weeks ago, and have a thread about it here which had gone cold.