Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
|
Home Repair (alt.home.repair) For all homeowners and DIYers with many experienced tradesmen. Solve your toughest home fix-it problems. |
Reply |
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#1
Posted to alt.computer.workshop,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y,sci.electronics.basics
|
|||
|
|||
Cheap Chinese rubbish
An LED striplight. After 1 month, BANG! A puff of smoke and a hole blown in the side of it. What I think used to be an inductor has exploded with enough force to rupture the casing. Funny thing is, it continued to work for a day, and now works if I tap it.
https://i.imgur.com/U1AxIet.jpg |
#2
Posted to alt.computer.workshop,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y,sci.electronics.basics
|
|||
|
|||
Cheap Chinese rubbish
On 02/01/2021 16:55, Commander Kinsey wrote:
An LED striplight.* After 1 month, BANG!* A puff of smoke and a hole blown in the side of it.* What I think used to be an inductor has exploded with enough force to rupture the casing.* Funny thing is, it continued to work for a day, and now works if I tap it. https://i.imgur.com/U1AxIet.jpg Chyyyyna...squandering the worlds resources..... |
#3
Posted to alt.computer.workshop,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y,sci.electronics.basics
|
|||
|
|||
Cheap Chinese rubbish
On Sat, 02 Jan 2021 17:08:34 -0000, Jim Stewart ... wrote:
On 02/01/2021 16:55, Commander Kinsey wrote: An LED striplight. After 1 month, BANG! A puff of smoke and a hole blown in the side of it. What I think used to be an inductor has exploded with enough force to rupture the casing. Funny thing is, it continued to work for a day, and now works if I tap it. https://i.imgur.com/U1AxIet.jpg Chyyyyna...squandering the worlds resources..... What makes you say they're doing that? |
#4
Posted to alt.computer.workshop,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y,sci.electronics.basics
|
|||
|
|||
Cheap Chinese rubbish
On 02/01/2021 17:13, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sat, 02 Jan 2021 17:08:34 -0000, Jim Stewart ... wrote: On 02/01/2021 16:55, Commander Kinsey wrote: An LED striplight.* After 1 month, BANG!* A puff of smoke and a hole blown in the side of it.* What I think used to be an inductor has exploded with enough force to rupture the casing.* Funny thing is, it continued to work for a day, and now works if I tap it. https://i.imgur.com/U1AxIet.jpg Chyyyyna...squandering the worlds resources..... What makes you say they're doing that? I have never thrown away so much chinese junk....never did that with jap stuff.... |
#5
Posted to alt.computer.workshop,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y,sci.electronics.basics
|
|||
|
|||
Cheap Chinese rubbish
On Sat, 02 Jan 2021 17:24:37 -0000, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 02/01/2021 17:13, Commander Kinsey wrote: On Sat, 02 Jan 2021 17:08:34 -0000, Jim Stewart ... wrote: On 02/01/2021 16:55, Commander Kinsey wrote: An LED striplight. After 1 month, BANG! A puff of smoke and a hole blown in the side of it. What I think used to be an inductor has exploded with enough force to rupture the casing. Funny thing is, it continued to work for a day, and now works if I tap it. https://i.imgur.com/U1AxIet.jpg Chyyyyna...squandering the worlds resources..... What makes you say they're doing that? I have never thrown away so much chinese junk....never did that with jap stuff.... But you can recycle it. And they use less materials to make it. Sometimes it's ok, sometimes it isn't. Their battery chargers work but may need sellotaping together. Their LED lights usually work but can give you an electric shock or explode. Their cameras are 10 times lower resolution than advertised, but you moan and get them free. Their Li Ion batteries are 8 times less capacity than advertised, but you moan and get them free. Their meat infects the entire world with a deadly virus. I do take great delight in seeing how many of their Ebay accounts I can have deleted. So much of my purchase history says "no longer a registered user". |
#6
Posted to alt.computer.workshop,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y,sci.electronics.basics
|
|||
|
|||
Cheap Chinese rubbish
On 01/02/2021 10:32 AM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
Their Li Ion batteries are 8 times less capacity than advertised, but you moan and get them free. In a thread in another group Baofeng radios came up for discussion. There was one listed on eBay with a miraculous 18W output and a 8000 mAh battery. People on the ham forums were of the opinion a small, handheld transceiver might put out 18W of RF power for a few seconds before the melting plastic became annoying. |
#7
Posted to alt.computer.workshop,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y,sci.electronics.basics
|
|||
|
|||
Cheap Chinese rubbish
On 1/2/2021 12:24 PM, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 02/01/2021 17:13, Commander Kinsey wrote: On Sat, 02 Jan 2021 17:08:34 -0000, Jim Stewart ... wrote: On 02/01/2021 16:55, Commander Kinsey wrote: An LED striplight.* After 1 month, BANG!* A puff of smoke and a hole blown in the side of it.* What I think used to be an inductor has exploded with enough force to rupture the casing.* Funny thing is, it continued to work for a day, and now works if I tap it. https://i.imgur.com/U1AxIet.jpg Chyyyyna...squandering the worlds resources..... What makes you say they're doing that? I have never thrown away so much chinese junk....never did that with jap stuff.... Much of it made to the specifications of an engineer or designer from the US importer. Ask for junk, get junk. |
#8
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Cheap Chinese rubbish
On Sat, 2 Jan 2021 13:35:50 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 1/2/2021 12:24 PM, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: On 02/01/2021 17:13, Commander Kinsey wrote: On Sat, 02 Jan 2021 17:08:34 -0000, Jim Stewart ... wrote: On 02/01/2021 16:55, Commander Kinsey wrote: An LED striplight.* After 1 month, BANG!* A puff of smoke and a hole blown in the side of it.* What I think used to be an inductor has exploded with enough force to rupture the casing.* Funny thing is, it continued to work for a day, and now works if I tap it. https://i.imgur.com/U1AxIet.jpg Chyyyyna...squandering the worlds resources..... What makes you say they're doing that? I have never thrown away so much chinese junk....never did that with jap stuff.... Much of it made to the specifications of an engineer or designer from the US importer. Ask for junk, get junk. From personal experience: You give the specs to the chinese and ask for test samples - they excede your spec by 20 or 30%. You place your first order - they meet spec - mabee excede by a percent or 2. You place your third order and the quality has gone right down the crapper. This was computer parts. Unless you have inspectors embedded in the factory you don't know WHAT you are getting - or even what "factory" they are coming out of. One "major brand" component was being produced under a tarp behind a guy's "house" by a cabal of kids. Different kids from month 2 month - and likely even a differnt guy's house. That was the "final product". Where the board was printed, where it was etched, where the components came from? Anybody's guess. Where the solfer for the wave soldering machinr came from? again - anybodies guess. Likely the scrap from another, bigger, "major manufacturer". Lots of these little "micro-factories" in places like Guandong supplying "major brand" distributors. |
#9
Posted to alt.computer.workshop,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y,sci.electronics.basics
|
|||
|
|||
Cheap Chinese rubbish
On 01/02/2021 10:24 AM, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 02/01/2021 17:13, Commander Kinsey wrote: On Sat, 02 Jan 2021 17:08:34 -0000, Jim Stewart ... wrote: On 02/01/2021 16:55, Commander Kinsey wrote: An LED striplight. After 1 month, BANG! A puff of smoke and a hole blown in the side of it. What I think used to be an inductor has exploded with enough force to rupture the casing. Funny thing is, it continued to work for a day, and now works if I tap it. https://i.imgur.com/U1AxIet.jpg Chyyyyna...squandering the worlds resources..... What makes you say they're doing that? I have never thrown away so much chinese junk....never did that with jap stuff.... Didn't grow up in the '50s, did you? The Chinese can and do make high quality products as well as cheap junk. What puzzles me is a lot of the cheap junk requires almost as much work as the good stuff. I ordered some Photon micro lights from Amazon and got some ripoffs in the mix. Amazon refunded the cost of the ripoffs but they almost looked like genuine Photons, almost being the key word. The LED color was off and the screw looked like they'd been crafted by a squirrel but they were so close... |
#10
Posted to alt.computer.workshop,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y,sci.electronics.basics
|
|||
|
|||
Cheap Chinese rubbish
|
#11
Posted to alt.computer.workshop,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y,sci.electronics.basics
|
|||
|
|||
lowbrowwoman, Birdbrain's eternal senile whore!
On Sat, 2 Jan 2021 11:51:52 -0700, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again: Didn't grow up in the '50s, did you? The Chinese can and do make high quality products as well as cheap junk. What puzzles me is a lot of the cheap junk requires almost as much work as the good stuff. You'd better worry about all the junk you senile twits keep producing on these groups on a daily basis, lowbrowwoman! |
#12
Posted to alt.computer.workshop,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y,sci.electronics.basics
|
|||
|
|||
Troll-feeding Senile ASSHOLE Alert!
On Sat, 2 Jan 2021 17:24:37 +0000, Dim GM4DHJ ... the brain dead,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blathered again: I have never thrown away so much chinese junk....never did that with jap stuff.... You seem to be addicted to junk, troll-feeding senile ASSHOLE! |
#13
Posted to alt.computer.workshop,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y,sci.electronics.basics
|
|||
|
|||
Troll-feeding Senile ASSHOLE Alert!
On Sat, 2 Jan 2021 17:08:34 +0000, Dim Stewart ... another brain damaged,
troll-feeding senile ASSHOLE, blathered again: Chyyyyna...squandering the worlds resources..... TYPICAL senile ASSHOLE ...feeding the dumbest crazy troll around! tsk |
#14
Posted to alt.computer.workshop,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y,sci.electronics.basics
|
|||
|
|||
Troll-feeding Senile ASSHOLE Alert!
On 3/01/2021 8:28 pm, Peeler wrote:
On Sat, 2 Jan 2021 17:08:34 +0000, Dim Stewart ... another brain damaged, troll-feeding senile ASSHOLE, blathered again: Chyyyyna...squandering the worlds resources..... TYPICAL senile ASSHOLE ...feeding the dumbest crazy troll around! tsk How nice to see you two are still getting along. |
#15
Posted to alt.computer.workshop,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y,sci.electronics.basics
|
|||
|
|||
Troll-feeding Senile ASSHOLE Alert!
On Mon, 4 Jan 2021 08:00:07 +0800, RheillyPhoull wrote:
TYPICAL senile ASSHOLE ...feeding the dumbest crazy troll around! tsk How nice to see you two are still getting along. You Australian smartasses really are "special". BG |
#16
Posted to alt.computer.workshop,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y,sci.electronics.basics
|
|||
|
|||
Troll-feeding Senile ASSHOLE Alert!
On 4/01/2021 5:40 pm, Peeler wrote:
On Mon, 4 Jan 2021 08:00:07 +0800, RheillyPhoull wrote: TYPICAL senile ASSHOLE ...feeding the dumbest crazy troll around! tsk How nice to see you two are still getting along. You Australian smartasses really are "special". BG Oh Peeler I think you are gorgeous when grumpy |
#17
Posted to alt.computer.workshop,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y,sci.electronics.basics
|
|||
|
|||
Cheap Chinese rubbish
"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news An LED striplight. After 1 month, BANG! A puff of smoke and a hole blown in the side of it. What I think used to be an inductor has exploded with enough force to rupture the casing. Funny thing is, it continued to work for a day, and now works if I tap it. Inductors don't usually explode. https://i.imgur.com/U1AxIet.jpg |
#18
Posted to alt.computer.workshop,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y,sci.electronics.basics
|
|||
|
|||
Cheap Chinese rubbish
Yes I suspect a capacitor was at fault here, Inductors tend to smell short
out and die quite silently. I often wonder if these new lamps with inbuilt electronics are ever tested on real life mains voltages, as you do get large spikes up to 1000v at times on the mains. Brian -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "Fred" wrote in message ... "Commander Kinsey" wrote in message news An LED striplight. After 1 month, BANG! A puff of smoke and a hole blown in the side of it. What I think used to be an inductor has exploded with enough force to rupture the casing. Funny thing is, it continued to work for a day, and now works if I tap it. Inductors don't usually explode. https://i.imgur.com/U1AxIet.jpg |
#19
Posted to alt.computer.workshop,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y,sci.electronics.basics
|
|||
|
|||
More Heavy Trolling by Senile Nym-Shifting Rodent Speed!
On Sun, 3 Jan 2021 04:31:12 +1100, "Fred", better known as cantankerous
trolling senile geezer Rodent Speed, wrote: Inductors don't usually explode. Don't you want to blow yourself up, you useless 86-year-old trolling senile pest? Or at least swallow your Nembutal, useless cretin? -- Kerr-Mudd,John addressing senile Rot: "Auto-contradictor Rod is back! (in the KF)" MID: |
#20
Posted to alt.computer.workshop,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y,sci.electronics.basics
|
|||
|
|||
Cheap Chinese rubbish
On 1/2/21 11:55 AM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
An LED striplight.* After 1 month, BANG!* A puff of smoke and a hole blown in the side of it.* What I think used to be an inductor has exploded with enough force to rupture the casing.* Funny thing is, it continued to work for a day, and now works if I tap it. https://i.imgur.com/U1AxIet.jpg I no longer trust anything Chinese that has to have power running through it. I ordered six so-called "20 amp" 12-24 VDC LED dimmers a month ago. Out of the two I tried, one burned up within minutes at only 5 amps at 12VDC, and the other burned after several days running the same. The latter actually went without warning, but at least the first one was running hot so I actually didn't leave the area for fear it was going to burn. Good thing I have a strong fan to evacuate the fumes, which would surely be toxic in short order! None of this Chinese crap is UL listed and thus just about anything can happen. The ONLY thing I might take a chance on are older ATX power supplies. At least those have a listing and, although still not UL, it is better than nothing plus US PC manufacturers don't want to be sued for their computer burning down a house. |
#21
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Cheap Chinese rubbish
On Sat, 2 Jan 2021 15:38:08 -0500, Witherspoon wrote:
On 1/2/21 11:55 AM, Commander Kinsey wrote: An LED striplight.* After 1 month, BANG!* A puff of smoke and a hole blown in the side of it.* What I think used to be an inductor has exploded with enough force to rupture the casing.* Funny thing is, it continued to work for a day, and now works if I tap it. https://i.imgur.com/U1AxIet.jpg I no longer trust anything Chinese that has to have power running through it. I ordered six so-called "20 amp" 12-24 VDC LED dimmers a month ago. Out of the two I tried, one burned up within minutes at only 5 amps at 12VDC, and the other burned after several days running the same. The latter actually went without warning, but at least the first one was running hot so I actually didn't leave the area for fear it was going to burn. Good thing I have a strong fan to evacuate the fumes, which would surely be toxic in short order! None of this Chinese crap is UL listed and thus just about anything can happen. The ONLY thing I might take a chance on are older ATX power supplies. At least those have a listing and, although still not UL, it is better than nothing plus US PC manufacturers don't want to be sued for their computer burning down a house. You buy electical or electronic goods from China and they ask "what stickers do you want on them". "We need CSA" we reply "Can you send us a sample?" they reply. "No thank you, we'll buy somewhere else" So you find a supplier that knows what CSA is and has the stickers - and find out the same CSA number ia on 5 different products you order from them - - - |
#22
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Cheap Chinese rubbish
On 1/2/21 4:42 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Sat, 2 Jan 2021 15:38:08 -0500, Witherspoon wrote: On 1/2/21 11:55 AM, Commander Kinsey wrote: An LED striplight.Â* After 1 month, BANG!Â* A puff of smoke and a hole blown in the side of it.Â* What I think used to be an inductor has exploded with enough force to rupture the casing.Â* Funny thing is, it continued to work for a day, and now works if I tap it. https://i.imgur.com/U1AxIet.jpg I no longer trust anything Chinese that has to have power running through it. I ordered six so-called "20 amp" 12-24 VDC LED dimmers a month ago. Out of the two I tried, one burned up within minutes at only 5 amps at 12VDC, and the other burned after several days running the same. The latter actually went without warning, but at least the first one was running hot so I actually didn't leave the area for fear it was going to burn. Good thing I have a strong fan to evacuate the fumes, which would surely be toxic in short order! None of this Chinese crap is UL listed and thus just about anything can happen. The ONLY thing I might take a chance on are older ATX power supplies. At least those have a listing and, although still not UL, it is better than nothing plus US PC manufacturers don't want to be sued for their computer burning down a house. You buy electical or electronic goods from China and they ask "what stickers do you want on them". "We need CSA" we reply "Can you send us a sample?" they reply. "No thank you, we'll buy somewhere else" So you find a supplier that knows what CSA is and has the stickers - and find out the same CSA number ia on 5 different products you order from them - - - I admit, some of the electronics being offered online is quite tempting and at more than reasonable prices. Heck, for a lot of it, Youtubers have reviews, but seldom have follow ups a month or even a week down the road, so still hard to trust. Having an actual UL rating would add quite a bit to the price and the US is so accustomed to these cheaper rates, that most people will skip and look for the same so-called Chinese equivalent. I had a dryer going bad a couple of weeks ago. I blew my budget on the holidays, however, so decided to opt for a gently used one. Once I found the one I was looking for, I decided to do online research to see whether or not it was made in the USA or elsewhere. In my case, it appears to have been made in the USA... at least I hope so. As time passes, it gets more difficult to tell. The actual parts may be made in China, for example, and then assembled here, but will that difference be mentioned on the tag? Probably not. |
#23
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Cheap Chinese rubbish
On Sat, 2 Jan 2021 17:54:12 -0500, Witherspoon wrote:
On 1/2/21 4:42 PM, Clare Snyder wrote: On Sat, 2 Jan 2021 15:38:08 -0500, Witherspoon wrote: On 1/2/21 11:55 AM, Commander Kinsey wrote: An LED striplight.* After 1 month, BANG!* A puff of smoke and a hole blown in the side of it.* What I think used to be an inductor has exploded with enough force to rupture the casing.* Funny thing is, it continued to work for a day, and now works if I tap it. https://i.imgur.com/U1AxIet.jpg I no longer trust anything Chinese that has to have power running through it. I ordered six so-called "20 amp" 12-24 VDC LED dimmers a month ago. Out of the two I tried, one burned up within minutes at only 5 amps at 12VDC, and the other burned after several days running the same. The latter actually went without warning, but at least the first one was running hot so I actually didn't leave the area for fear it was going to burn. Good thing I have a strong fan to evacuate the fumes, which would surely be toxic in short order! None of this Chinese crap is UL listed and thus just about anything can happen. The ONLY thing I might take a chance on are older ATX power supplies. At least those have a listing and, although still not UL, it is better than nothing plus US PC manufacturers don't want to be sued for their computer burning down a house. You buy electical or electronic goods from China and they ask "what stickers do you want on them". "We need CSA" we reply "Can you send us a sample?" they reply. "No thank you, we'll buy somewhere else" So you find a supplier that knows what CSA is and has the stickers - and find out the same CSA number ia on 5 different products you order from them - - - I admit, some of the electronics being offered online is quite tempting and at more than reasonable prices. Heck, for a lot of it, Youtubers have reviews, but seldom have follow ups a month or even a week down the road, so still hard to trust. Having an actual UL rating would add quite a bit to the price and the US is so accustomed to these cheaper rates, that most people will skip and look for the same so-called Chinese equivalent. I had a dryer going bad a couple of weeks ago. I blew my budget on the holidays, however, so decided to opt for a gently used one. Once I found the one I was looking for, I decided to do online research to see whether or not it was made in the USA or elsewhere. In my case, it appears to have been made in the USA... at least I hope so. As time passes, it gets more difficult to tell. The actual parts may be made in China, for example, and then assembled here, but will that difference be mentioned on the tag? Probably not. "built (or assembled) in the USA of world sourced parts" is one of the "honest" ways of marking product. |
#24
Posted to alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y
|
|||
|
|||
Cheap Chinese rubbish
On Sun, 03 Jan 2021 04:44:48 -0000, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Sat, 2 Jan 2021 17:54:12 -0500, Witherspoon wrote: On 1/2/21 4:42 PM, Clare Snyder wrote: On Sat, 2 Jan 2021 15:38:08 -0500, Witherspoon wrote: On 1/2/21 11:55 AM, Commander Kinsey wrote: An LED striplight. After 1 month, BANG! A puff of smoke and a hole blown in the side of it. What I think used to be an inductor has exploded with enough force to rupture the casing. Funny thing is, it continued to work for a day, and now works if I tap it. https://i.imgur.com/U1AxIet.jpg I no longer trust anything Chinese that has to have power running through it. I ordered six so-called "20 amp" 12-24 VDC LED dimmers a month ago. Out of the two I tried, one burned up within minutes at only 5 amps at 12VDC, and the other burned after several days running the same. The latter actually went without warning, but at least the first one was running hot so I actually didn't leave the area for fear it was going to burn. Good thing I have a strong fan to evacuate the fumes, which would surely be toxic in short order! None of this Chinese crap is UL listed and thus just about anything can happen. The ONLY thing I might take a chance on are older ATX power supplies. At least those have a listing and, although still not UL, it is better than nothing plus US PC manufacturers don't want to be sued for their computer burning down a house. You buy electical or electronic goods from China and they ask "what stickers do you want on them". "We need CSA" we reply "Can you send us a sample?" they reply. "No thank you, we'll buy somewhere else" So you find a supplier that knows what CSA is and has the stickers - and find out the same CSA number ia on 5 different products you order from them - - - I admit, some of the electronics being offered online is quite tempting and at more than reasonable prices. Heck, for a lot of it, Youtubers have reviews, but seldom have follow ups a month or even a week down the road, so still hard to trust. Having an actual UL rating would add quite a bit to the price and the US is so accustomed to these cheaper rates, that most people will skip and look for the same so-called Chinese equivalent. I had a dryer going bad a couple of weeks ago. I blew my budget on the holidays, however, so decided to opt for a gently used one. Once I found the one I was looking for, I decided to do online research to see whether or not it was made in the USA or elsewhere. In my case, it appears to have been made in the USA... at least I hope so. As time passes, it gets more difficult to tell. The actual parts may be made in China, for example, and then assembled here, but will that difference be mentioned on the tag? Probably not. "built (or assembled) in the USA of world sourced parts" is one of the "honest" ways of marking product. I saw three countries on something I bought, I think it was a CPU. Something like "fabricated in X, built in Y out of parts from Z". |
#25
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Cheap Chinese rubbish
On Sat, 02 Jan 2021 16:42:39 -0500, Clare Snyder posted for all of us to digest... On Sat, 2 Jan 2021 15:38:08 -0500, Witherspoon wrote: On 1/2/21 11:55 AM, Commander Kinsey wrote: An LED striplight.* After 1 month, BANG!* A puff of smoke and a hole blown in the side of it.* What I think used to be an inductor has exploded with enough force to rupture the casing.* Funny thing is, it continued to work for a day, and now works if I tap it. https://i.imgur.com/U1AxIet.jpg I no longer trust anything Chinese that has to have power running through it. I ordered six so-called "20 amp" 12-24 VDC LED dimmers a month ago. Out of the two I tried, one burned up within minutes at only 5 amps at 12VDC, and the other burned after several days running the same. The latter actually went without warning, but at least the first one was running hot so I actually didn't leave the area for fear it was going to burn. Good thing I have a strong fan to evacuate the fumes, which would surely be toxic in short order! None of this Chinese crap is UL listed and thus just about anything can happen. The ONLY thing I might take a chance on are older ATX power supplies. At least those have a listing and, although still not UL, it is better than nothing plus US PC manufacturers don't want to be sued for their computer burning down a house. You buy electical or electronic goods from China and they ask "what stickers do you want on them". "We need CSA" we reply "Can you send us a sample?" they reply. "No thank you, we'll buy somewhere else" So you find a supplier that knows what CSA is and has the stickers - and find out the same CSA number ia on 5 different products you order from them - - - That has always been a bug for me when ordering on Amazon. No listing as to country of origin. No listing as to compliance of anything. Computers used to have meet FCC requirements. Wonder if the *clear* sided ones meet the mark? -- Tekkie |
#26
Posted to alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y
|
|||
|
|||
Cheap Chinese rubbish
On Tue, 05 Jan 2021 21:11:56 -0000, Tekkie© wrote:
On Sat, 02 Jan 2021 16:42:39 -0500, Clare Snyder posted for all of us to digest... On Sat, 2 Jan 2021 15:38:08 -0500, Witherspoon wrote: On 1/2/21 11:55 AM, Commander Kinsey wrote: An LED striplight. After 1 month, BANG! A puff of smoke and a hole blown in the side of it. What I think used to be an inductor has exploded with enough force to rupture the casing. Funny thing is, it continued to work for a day, and now works if I tap it. https://i.imgur.com/U1AxIet.jpg I no longer trust anything Chinese that has to have power running through it. I ordered six so-called "20 amp" 12-24 VDC LED dimmers a month ago. Out of the two I tried, one burned up within minutes at only 5 amps at 12VDC, and the other burned after several days running the same. The latter actually went without warning, but at least the first one was running hot so I actually didn't leave the area for fear it was going to burn. Good thing I have a strong fan to evacuate the fumes, which would surely be toxic in short order! None of this Chinese crap is UL listed and thus just about anything can happen. The ONLY thing I might take a chance on are older ATX power supplies. At least those have a listing and, although still not UL, it is better than nothing plus US PC manufacturers don't want to be sued for their computer burning down a house. You buy electical or electronic goods from China and they ask "what stickers do you want on them". "We need CSA" we reply "Can you send us a sample?" they reply. "No thank you, we'll buy somewhere else" So you find a supplier that knows what CSA is and has the stickers - and find out the same CSA number ia on 5 different products you order from them - - - That has always been a bug for me when ordering on Amazon. No listing as to country of origin. No listing as to compliance of anything. I use Ebay since I can't tell on Amazon if it's from Amazon or a private seller. Also they don't say how much the postage is until you buy, so you can't easily compare the real price. Computers used to have meet FCC requirements. Wonder if the *clear* sided ones meet the mark? I wonder if my two dual xeon systems do? No case at all, the motherboards are on a wooden bookshelf. I wonder if that's why my neighbour has fitted some kind of wifi or mobile phone signal emitter in his garden. The only emissions I'm concerned about are ones that annoy my other equipment, and they don't seem to be doing that. Anyway, to be affected, the other equipment would have to fail the test too, since to pass FCC legislation a device must be able to accept interference aswell as not produce it. |
#28
Posted to alt.computer.workshop,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y,sci.electronics.basics
|
|||
|
|||
Cheap Chinese rubbish
The Russian FED 4 camera was extremely robust, even after me, and my dad before me, dropped it many many times on rocks.
On Sun, 03 Jan 2021 10:22:01 -0000, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote: This is not a new thing though is it? Back in the days of the USSR we used to get a lot of stuff like cassette machines and radios and even black and whit tvs from Soviet bloc countries. Some were OK, but a little fragile but one I remember made by a company in the Czech area called Tesla had a great design and a great sound as a recorder player that ran form the mains. The sad part was that it seemed to have been manufactured by idiots in that all the riveted bits were loose, the flywheel was not on straight and the motor and induction type, was doubling as the mains transformer and basically over a three month period it gradually fell to bits chewed tape and finally the brackets that held the piano keys fell of completely. Like most things, a lot of things are designed well but cheap manufacture and lack of quality control and corner cutting on components ruin them. Brian |
#29
Posted to alt.computer.workshop,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y,sci.electronics.basics
|
|||
|
|||
Cheap Chinese rubbish
On 01/04/2021 11:41 AM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
The Russian FED 4 camera was extremely robust, even after me, and my dad before me, dropped it many many times on rocks. Russians make robust items even if they're not the latest technology. Kalashnikovs, for example. |
#30
Posted to alt.computer.workshop,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y,sci.electronics.basics
|
|||
|
|||
lowbrowwoman, Birdbrain's eternal senile whore!
On Mon, 4 Jan 2021 19:32:41 -0700, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again: Russians make robust items even if they're not the latest technology. Kalashnikovs, for example. Let's just hope that at least THEY don't produce robust endlessly blabbering bigmouths of your kind, you endlessly bull****ting and gossiping senile Yankietard! |
#31
Posted to alt.computer.workshop,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y,sci.electronics.basics
|
|||
|
|||
Cheap Chinese rubbish
On Tue, 05 Jan 2021 02:32:41 -0000, rbowman wrote:
On 01/04/2021 11:41 AM, Commander Kinsey wrote: The Russian FED 4 camera was extremely robust, even after me, and my dad before me, dropped it many many times on rocks. Russians make robust items even if they're not the latest technology. Kalashnikovs, for example. I think you could destroy another car if you crashed a Lada into it. All this crumple zone namby pamby **** they put into cars nowadays, it just makes the repair bill higher. |
#32
Posted to alt.computer.workshop,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y,sci.electronics.basics
|
|||
|
|||
Troll-feeding Senile ASSHOLES Alert!
On Sat, 2 Jan 2021 15:38:08 -0500, Witherspoon, another mentally deficient,
troll-feeding, senile ASSHOLE, blathered: I no longer trust anything Chinese that has to have power running through it. Yeah, senile moron, pour your heart out to the trolling ****** and attention whore! ****ing stupid senile morons! LOL |
#33
Posted to alt.computer.workshop,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y,sci.electronics.basics
|
|||
|
|||
CAUTION!!! Birdbrain, the Abnormal Pathological Attention Whore, Strikes, AGAIN!
On Sat, 02 Jan 2021 16:55:30 -0000, Birdbrain Macaw (aka "Commander Kinsey",
"James Wilkinson", "Steven ******","Bruce Farquar", "Fred Johnson, etc.), the pathological resident idiot and attention whore of all the uk ngs, blathered again: FLUSH the subnormal sociopathic trolling attention whore's latest attention-baiting sick bull**** unread again -- about Birdbrain Macaw's (now "James Wilkinson" LOL) trolling: "He is a well known attention seeking troll and every reply you make feeds him. Starts many threads most of which die quick as on the UK groups anyone with sense Kill filed him ages ago which is why he now cross posts to the US groups for a new audience. This thread was unusual in that it derived and continued without him to a large extent and his silly questioning is an attempt to get noticed again." MID: -- ItsJoanNotJoann addressing Birdbrain Macaw's (now "James Wilkinson" LOL): "You're an annoying troll and I'm done with you and your stupidity." MID: -- AndyW addressing Birdbrain: "Troll or idiot?... You have been presented with a viewpoint with information, reasoning, historical cases, citations and references to back it up and wilfully ignore all going back to your idea which has no supporting information." MID: -- Phil Lee adressing Birdbrain Macaw: "You are too stupid to be wasting oxygen." MID: -- Phil Lee describing Birdbrain Macaw: "I've never seen such misplaced pride in being a ****ing moronic motorist." MID: -- Tony944 addressing Birdbrain Macaw: "I seen and heard many people but you are on top of list being first class ass hole jerk. ...You fit under unconditional Idiot and should be put in mental institution. MID: -- Pelican to Birdbrain Macaw: "Ok. I'm persuaded . You are an idiot." MID: -- DerbyDad03 addressing Birdbrain Macaw (now "James Wilkinson" LOL): "Frigging Idiot. Get the hell out of my thread." MID: -- Kerr Mudd-John about Birdbrain Macaw (now "James Wilkinson" LOL): "It's like arguing with a demented frog." MID: -- Mr Pounder Esquire about Birdbrain Macaw (now "James Wilkinson" LOL): "the **** poor delivery boy with no hot running water, 11 cats and several parrots living in his hovel." MID: -- Rob Morley about Birdbrain: "He's a perennial idiot" MID: 20170519215057.56a1f1d4@Mars -- JoeyDee to Birdbrain "I apologize for thinking you were a jerk. You're just someone with an IQ lower than your age, and I accept that as a reason for your comments." MID: l-september.org -- Sam Plusnet about Birdbrain (now "James Wilkinson Sword" LOL): "He's just desperate to be noticed. Any attention will do, no matter how negative it may be." MID: -- asking Birdbrain: "What, were you dropped on your head as a child?" MID: -- Christie addressing endlessly driveling Birdbrain Macaw (now "James Wilkinson" LOL): "What are you resurrecting that old post of mine for? It's from last month some time. You're like a dog who's just dug up an old bone they hid in the garden until they were ready to have another go at it." MID: -- Mr Pounder's fitting description of Birdbrain Macaw: "You are a well known fool, a tosser, a pillock, a stupid unemployable sponging failure who will always live alone and will die alone. You will not be missed." MID: -- Richard to pathetic ****** Hucker: "You haven't bred? Only useful thing you've done in your pathetic existence." MID: -- about Birdbrain (now "James Wilkinson" LOL): ""not the sharpest knife in the drawer"'s parents sure made a serious mistake having him born alive -- A total waste of oxygen, food, space, and bandwidth." MID: -- Mr Pounder exposing sociopathic Birdbrain: "You will always be a lonely sociopath living in a ******** with no hot running water with loads of stinking cats and a few parrots." MID: -- francis about Birdbrain (now "James Wilkinson" LOL): "He seems to have a reputation as someone of limited intelligence" MID: -- Peter Moylan about Birdbrain (now "James Wilkinson" LOL): "If people like JWS didn't exist, we would have to find some other way to explain the concept of "invincible ignorance"." MID: -- Lewis about nym-shifting Birdbrain: "Typical narcissist troll, thinks his **** is so grand he has the right to try to force it on everyone." MID: |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Chinese Microphone - China Chinese Microphone Manufacturer | UK diy | |||
Chinese Microphone - China Chinese Microphone Manufacturer | Home Repair | |||
Learn Chinese ,chinese instrument and travel in Beijing | Home Repair | |||
Learn Chinese ,chinese instrument and travel in Beijing | Home Repair | |||
'Rubbish' rubbish bags | UK diy |