General Asylum: Chinese firecrackers by raindance

I seem to get my posts deleted over on Audiogon when I try to warn audiophiles about the dangers of 110V Chinese equipment running on 120V USA mains... Probably this is because they have paid advertisers/members selling these products. Anyone out there have feelings about this? I wonder how many fires have been started as a result?

I am an experienced tube repair technician and have seen a number of "smoked" power transformers as well as tubes that have experienced early failure due to 7.6V heater voltage instead of 6.3V... In addition, I have seen smoothing caps rated at 450V running at 500V !!! And these are not the rugged 105 degree type!

I recently emailed one of these vendors and was told that their products are designed for 115V even though the specs and the sticker on the unit clearly states 110V (plus I bought something from them a few years back and had major issues with voltages running amok).

I wonder if electronic products that don't pass certain verification tests (such as UL or CE or some such) would actually void a home owners warranty if they were to cause a fire?