We have heard a lot of cases of burned houses and most of the cases are due to short circuit. A short circuit happens when two or more wires that are not supposed to come in contact with each other touch. This can happen a lot easier when the electrical appliances we use are fake.

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Also due to the pandemic of COVID-19, people have been opting to buy things online. It is a lot easier for counterfeiters to do their job since customers will not be able to check unless the item arrived in their hands. Sometimes even if they received the item, some people cannot differentiate whether it is fake or not due to their advanced technology. But it still means that they would not have a patent from the government to sell their products.

An example given by Nennika is that fake electrical appliances usually have weak insulation of electrical wires within cables which makes it deteriorate faster than they should. Even if we use it for a few months, it can result in a short circuit when the insulation completely deteriorates. The solution for this is to make sure the electrical appliances bought is patented and approved by SIRIM (In Malaysia), only then we can more likely prevent any short circuit. In order to minimize the risk of electrical short circuits, we need to use genuine electrical goods, maintaining the electrical system and appliances and lastly fix when there are any electrical damages.

However, when most fake goods are cheap, it does not mean normal priced or higher-priced items cannot be fake. It can look exactly like the actual genuine item with the same price but still fake. This is why counterfeiting needs to be controlled even better. People need to realize that not only expensive products are being counterfeited, but our daily electrical appliances that might cause less than a ringgit would even be counterfeited as well.

Buying counterfeited electrical appliances may endanger your own life and your family. In order to prevent those from happening, we need to always check and buy from reliable resources. Manufacturers also need to put their maximum effort in order to not get counterfeited. And we do provide a wide range of anti-counterfeiting solutions that you may choose from. The one with the most advanced technology which is the NuTrack Microporous Membrane enables consumers to check the authentication of the product physically without any fuss. Contact Us now for more information!