Rather Dangerous

[PerdioPal]

I have just got a 12V compressor with an external 240 to 12 PSU, it came wired like this...    

[PerdioPal]

It is expected to be used like this at home!

[ppppenguin]

Give them credit for nice neat wiring, but was this a new item being sold by a legitimate supplier?

[PerdioPal]

From a UK eBay source, arrived in 2 days.

[ppppenguin]

A new item, from somebody registered as a trader? If so they were clearly breaking the law. Though ebay and Trading Standards enforcement is very weak. If by a genuinely private seller, then it's unfortunate rather than illegal.

[PerdioPal]

Not a private seller, quite a big one on eBay. Should I contact trading standards?

[ppppenguin]

You could contact TS but I doubt it will do any good. TS are far too overstretched to deall with any but the most appalling cases. You may have more luck with ebay's own enforcement process but again I wish you luck.

I don't use ebay so I can't speak from direct experience.

https://harrowonline.org/2022/06/07/dang...in-harrow/

[Sinewave]

Nothing wrong with it   

[boater sam]

? Its got an earth.
Not a domestic appliance?

[Refugee]

It looks like the orange bit is supposed to hinge down over the terminals.
If it is true and there is a way of fixing it down securely it is not so bad.