I am usually pretty good at deciphering the strange English translations one finds in the instructions supplied with electronics from Asia, but one of the “warnings” included with an alarm clock I just got is still baffling me.
Warning: Where the mains plug is used as the disconnect device, the disconnect device shall remain readily operable.
I’ve read that through 6 or 7 times, and I still have absolutely no clue what they’re trying to warn me about. The clock does have a battery, so the clock will keep running after you unplug it, but is that really something they would warn me about? We even looked at the Spanish version, and it seems to say exactly the same thing:
Advertencia: Cuando se utilice el tomacorríente principal como dispositivo de desconexión, dicho dispositivo debe permanecer completamente disponible.
Congratulations to these folks for stumping me.