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== Dissect an adapter
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Walter got some ultra cheap USB power supplies from AliExpress. The price was slightly too good to be true, so brought one along to RevSpace.
  
I got some ultra cheap USB power supplies from Ali Express. The price was simply slightly to good to be true, so brought one along to RevSpace. Look at what's inside:
 
  
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The biggest problem appears to be that a 300+ V DC line runs perilously close to the USB connector (near C4). Probably not something to use in moist environments, such as the [[SparkShack]]. Or maybe if you want to see sparks, one to use in such an environment.
  
The biggest problem appears to be that a 300+ V DC line runs perilously close to the USB connector (near C4). Probably not something to use in moist environments, such as the spark shack. Or maybe if you want to see sparks, one to use in such an environment.
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Equally lovely are the lines near R1 and R6, in terms of their proximity. This whole thing could easily be a magnitude safer if the rectifier (D6) had been turned ninety degrees counter-clockwise.

Latest revision as of 12:33, 9 November 2014

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Walter got some ultra cheap USB power supplies from AliExpress. The price was slightly too good to be true, so brought one along to RevSpace.


The biggest problem appears to be that a 300+ V DC line runs perilously close to the USB connector (near C4). Probably not something to use in moist environments, such as the SparkShack. Or maybe if you want to see sparks, one to use in such an environment.

Equally lovely are the lines near R1 and R6, in terms of their proximity. This whole thing could easily be a magnitude safer if the rectifier (D6) had been turned ninety degrees counter-clockwise.