fnord123Apr 2017Recommends
Also of interest is this teardown of the Koppla USB power supply: ▶ this video It's also a pretty darn good piece of kit.
in “A quick look at the Ikea Trådfri lighting platform” · View on HN
Teardown of an IKEA Koppla USB power supply.
Teardown of an IKEA Koppla USB power supply. on HackerTube: recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 separate months, 2017–2021.
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Big Clive takes apart an IKEA Koppla USB power supply to assess its safety, looking at isolation and transformer construction.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Cited as a teardown of a well-made, safe USB charger, and as evidence for why quality chargers matter.
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- discussed on HN
- 2017–2021
“Big Clive also did a fairly comprehensive teardown of the IKEA charger and was pleasantly surprised with the design”
What HN commenters said
3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
BrailleHuntingMar 2017Recommends
TL;DR: spend the $19 to buy a real, big brand USB charger because they have more to lose than grey market no brand. Tragic. Probably cheap USB without mains isolation or maybe enough water dripped down length of cable and socket to create a circuit, because USB is supposed to be 5V DC. Watch these USB charger teardown horror-shows to further understand why it's rational to pay for proper, authentic CE+UL, high-low isolation and quality components (ie insulated tape in transformers): [link] ▶ this video [link] [link] [link] [link]
in “Man dies charging iPhone while in the bath” · View on HN
Daneel_Aug 2021Cites it
Big Clive also did a fairly comprehensive teardown of the IKEA charger and was pleasantly surprised with the design: ▶ this video He also confirms that the control chip is a 1699-02.
in “Apple iPhone charger teardown: quality in a tiny expensive package (2012)” · View on HN
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Repair, teardowns & right to repairElectronics & circuit designteardownikeapower supplyisolationelectronics