On the contrary, this has been a long-standing issue before the CSA
Steering Committee on the Canadian Electrical Code, Part II,
although the question here was dealing with cords for things like
electric kettles (we use them in Canada a lot more than in the US)
rather than IT equipment.
The reason the problem kept coming up was that the manufacturers of
the cordage (the insulated wire) and those of the cord set could
not agree on responsibility for the problem, and therefore, for the
fix. A bad case of finger-pointing resulted, and, with a cheap
consumer item, the question of cost advantage was also raised.
The situation was discussed for the years that I was on the
committee, but I don't know if it has been resolved in the two years
since.
Regards,
Frank McCaughey
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