$15 aliexpress 40W USB-C charger test

[@309electronics5]

its less crappy compared to other chargers and actually seems pretty well built with proper y cap, proper isolation distance, sync rectifier compared to a diode, properly rated, interference inductor, fuse, ntc, chonky FULL BRIDGE RECTIFYA, reasonable pretty nice transformer, insulation shield.... Just sad it cooks itself

[@shirkit]

Mostly on really high end devices, for most cases it's an overkill.

[@Drhomelander]

I bought two similar chargers but they came with usb cables so it was a steal, i will use the chargers when i have to charge devices that need 5v and 3a 15w they also get hot when i use the max 20w.

[@artisticyeti22]

​@@liam3284 can you explain on where the flybacks would go. I'm new here

[@cambridgemart2075]

It's a really nice electronic design, with a bit more consideration to mechanical and thermal design, it would be a great product. Not entirely sure why they used thermal transfer pads on the outside chips, the ABS case isn't a great heatsink!

[@mendokusai_931]

@@cambridgemart2075 still better than air, i guess

[@MlokKarel]

If you power up the FNIRSI tester by the micro-USB "PC" port, it won't shut down on its own during measurements... 😉

[@PeterHovorka]

and flash newer firmware :D

[@seikojason]

How did you write this two days ago if the video was uploaded today?

[@MlokKarel]

​@@seikojason Patreon patrons get two days early access to nee videos 😉

[@Denis7947.]

The video is basically put in unlisted then into public

[@ezequielcarranza5809]

I have a FNIRSI FNB58 USB tester that stopped working while testing a charger with the QC3.0 fast charging protocol activated. The charger was outputting 20V with a charging current between 1.5 and 2A. The charger was connected to the USB Type-C input, and the load was on the USB Type-A output. The tester turned off in the same way as shown in this video when exceeding a certain current, but I was unable to get it to turn back on. I tried with other chargers, but it still doesn't work. According to the product specifications, it should be able to handle up to 28V and 7A, so I am surprised that the device failed under these conditions. Does anyone have any idea if this is normal and what I could do to repair it?

[@dant5464]

Funny that this is $15, Ikea recently started selling a 45W two port USB C fast charger for the same amount (Sjöss). Supports PD 3.0, Q4+ and PPS. 5, 9, 12, 15, 20V. It's on the US site but also available in the UK (£10) and probably in Europe too. Ikea website says the weight in the box is 140g.

[@BICIeCOMPUTERconGabriele]

I confirm that in Italy Ikea sells the excellent Sjoss for 9,95€!

[@Georgy-11811]

Czech Rep 249,- Kč

[@piconano]

Ottawa, Canada $17.99 Will pick up one this week thanks to your excellent comment. Ikea, unlike the Chinese, have an actual ass one can sue. Therefore, their electrical stuff is top notch.

[@OctavMandru]

​@@piconanomeh, I have a 3 USB-A one from them that died in the first 6 months. The previous version is still doing great

[@VOLTRONDEFENDER4440]

I have that charger and it has exceeded my expectations it worked without issues at all

[@mysock351C]

I like the fact that the USB connector housing will get so hot that it will sizzle when you grab it to unplug the cable.

[@demm5]

It took me a second to realize that was the list of voltages with numbers in front and not 15V 29V 312V

[@MohdGyver]

Yes, me too

[@Tsiikki]

What about the 1:10 eg 0.434 32 A why there's space before 32 A? I can't decode😂. I get that's 0.434 Amps, but what are those two last numbers in every field?

[@DiodeGoneWild]

Some Fnirsi products were made before spaces were invented ;)

[@jaakkolehto1487]

@@DiodeGoneWild Maybe the one writing the code had a HP laptop?

[@DrBeat-zs9eb]

I don't get the joke I assume... Did I miss something? ​@@jaakkolehto1487

[@German_byte]

Thanks. Seemed ok so I ordered one to try it.

[@garzhao5924]

Thanks!

[@Arduino_and_Redstone_Nerd]

Can you please make more vintage device repairs? I love them :)

[@iancuentas]

Excelent video quality, information is on point, tests realized were realized perfectly. The deep dive into the internals really shows how the quality matters and where the charger could improve. Thank you very much for your work brother. Keep the good videos up.

[@mikropower01]

If you want to open this glued connections, it is very easy to break the glue with a slight hit of a hammer. So you do not destroy the housing and you can glue it together again with no damage on the housing..

[@riangarianga]

Do you know about any video resource where the proper strength of this «slight hit» is shown? I fear I'd crush anything with just these instructions 😂

[@MrOpenGL]

@@riangarianga Squeezing the joint with a vice also usually leads to it popping open. And for the hammer trick use a rubber mallet, then you can hit as hard as you want basically

[@riangarianga]

@@MrOpenGL Ok, thanks! I'll try on some disposable items first. I have both a rubber mallet and a nylon hammer, but still one needs to be careful with them.

[@mikropower01]

@@riangarianga - You should take a old laptop battery or a power supply from the electronic trash and try to take it apart. For the laptop battery you need more force and it is more difficult. A powers supply you can open mostly very easy. So use a test-object to learn some skill and then you are able to open neraly every glued connection.

[@tajtrlik1111]

Ďakujem ti za toto video, musím uznať, že tvoje znalosti spínaných zdrojov sú naozaj na vysokej úrovni. Táto nabíjačka je odosť lepšia ako tá predchádzajúca za tri doláre, aj keď na plný výkon hreje až moc, ale ako si sám povedal, na menší výkon by sa používať dala.

[@niccots]

na spinane zdroje ze su dobri na STU az tak, ze si nas vybrali Taiwanci investovat pre tuto obast v EU u nas. Cipy napriklad v Nemecku TSMC. U nas zdroje.

[@Kraaketaer]

Really love to see you testing slightly "higher end" chargers like this. I actually have one of these myself, so it's great to see that for the most part it's safe and well designed - though clearly not meant for continuous 40W loads. I suppose in its defense one could argue that most USB-C loads (like smartphones and tablets) don't draw constant high currents like that but tend to taper off quite quickly, and at least this isn't quite a laptop charger in terms of output power (or, at least, for any laptop that would draw more than 15-20W under load when fully charged). Those temperatures are still not acceptable, and this really should have had some kind of metal heatsink included in its design, as clearly "sinking" to the plastic casing through those flimsy pads is completely insufficient. Btw, do you have any plans to test the new IKEA Sjöss USB-C chargers? They're close to this in price, and IKEA chargers have tended to be very well designed previously from what I've seen.

[@DrBeat-zs9eb]

A metal heatsink probably wouldn't help the slightest. The case has the same surface area and that's just too small to dissipate the heat. Bigger housing or higher efficiency would do the trick.

[@Kraaketaer]

@@DrBeat-zs9eb True, but a metal heatsink would increase the size of the casing as there's no room for one with the current design. And a larger casing with no heatsink wouldn't really help, at best it would increase the time it took to heat up by a few minutes. You need a highly thermally conductive material to get heat away from the hot components and to the outer edges of the charger where it can be dissipated into the air. The heat output of this at 40W is still too high for continuous use unless it had some unreasonably advanced cooling, but even a pretty basic aluminium heatsink shroud surrounding the charger and touching the hottest components inside would lower internal temperatures significantly. Not enough for continuous 40W output, but probably enough to extend the charger's lifetime by quite a bit.

[@d46512]

Using a metal shell would require a three prong grounded plug in the USA for safety.

[@Kraaketaer]

@@d46512 To be clear, I don't mean an *outer* metal shell. Most high quality high output chargers have an internal metal heatsink, which typically wraps around part of the outside, but inside of the plastic shell. No grounding needed.

[@AlessandroCussino]

Looks like a decent device for the price. Just don't reach the 40W load ... I mean, for such a little price it seem nearly over engineered and unexpectedly full of decent components.

[@echpea]

it is a realistic phone charging 40w they phone will only draw 40w for small time then drop to lower as charging continues

[@Versette]

​@@echpea"small time" well, in this time, the charger will reach 100+ degrees C anyways. I wouldn't trust that..

[@echpea]

@@Versette less power less heat

[@Todestelzer]

But than you can’t use it for charging a iPad or a power bank. So it’s useless. Better buy a Anker or similar good brand charger.

[@AKG58Z]

The best adapter featured on this channel i would say

[@lmwlmw4468]

I think Aliexpress watches how ´´DiodeGoneWild´´ dismantles all the transformers.....!!!!🤣🤣...... Great video.

[@BDYT1422]

I’ve never seen an SMD Y1 Capacitor. Well, you learn something new everyday.

[@abinaash8453]

I actually bought like 3 of it's crappier equivalent, just to open them up and get the female USB C ports out, got 6 total with bi-directional power transfer, as these are cheaper than any USB C ports I can get here for tinkering.

[@N4CR]

Lol what, there are USB C ports for under 1 dollar online.

[@Todestelzer]

There are many different variants of these ports. Some are harder to get.

[@MainInternetUser]

​@@N4CR probably not the type he was looking for. Some have to be bought in big quantities otherwise they are very expansive

[@RotatingLocomotive]

​@@MainInternetUser*expensive

[@rhiantaylor3446]

My smartphone has a 5000mah battery and charges at a maximum rate of 18 watts so I would need to be charging two of them at the same time for a decent period before it gets excessively hot - looked like a good device and worth the money.

[@Kraaketaer]

Also your phone won't be pulling 18W constantly while charging the battery - typically you'll see the peak power draw only up to 40-60% charge, then it will drop off quite quickly to not damage the battery.

[@Conservator.]

If you are aware of that and would make sure it’s never used above 30W then it would be ok, in theory. It would be a good charger if those limits would have been built in. As it is now, I think it’s not worth the risk. Keep in mind that it only needs to go wrong in all of its lifetime. It’s unfortunate because other than that, it’s very well designed.

[@Kraaketaer]

@@Conservator. It is unfortunate that it has such insufficient cooling, but also remember that smartphones and other small electronics don't draw anywhere near their maximum charging current for the full charging time. To avoid damaging the battery charging will start slowing down from ~40-60% and go ever slower as the battery fills up. So even charging, say, a phone and a set of headphones, or two phones, or a phone and a small tablet would be fine in most cases. Just don't connect two tablets or large battery phones with fully drained batteries at the same time.

[@Conservator.]

@@Kraaketaer That’s ok if you’ll make sure that no one will ever draw 40W from your charger. So you should never leave it unattended etc.

[@Kraaketaer]

@@Conservator. Drawing 40W isn't the problem. Drawing 40W for extended periods of time is. Remember, in the video it was tested outputting 40W constantly for two hours, and while I'm sure it reached the temperatures we saw after far less time than that, I still wouldn't be worried if it was to occasionally output 40W for 20-30 minutes at a time. And no regular use of a charger like this will see it outputting a constant 40W for hours. Now, is it a charger that's likely to last forever? Obviously not. Is it dangerous to use with the types of things people typically connect to chargers like this? Arguably not, for the reasons I've given above. Will it eventually fail? Yes, obviously. Does that make it unsuited for things like charging smartphones? Again, arguably not.

[@mp1454]

Bravo Hvala vam za svaki video 🙏🏻 😊👏👌❤❤❤❤❤

[@uzaiyaro]

I swear when I get a job I’m buying you a heat gun. That hairdryer can’t be safe.

[@gabest4]

We had a hand blender and its motor burned out. Upon closer observation there was a warning text printed on it, something similar to this: "do not run it for more than a minute". Sometimes you just have to know how long it can be used before it gets too hot.

[@galaxya40s95]

Yep, just bought a cheap blender, it says: "run for 60 seconds max, then let cool down for 5 minutes" Makes sense considering it is completely sealed and has 800w motor in it. To be fair, the thing can do most stuff in under 30s anyway.

[@absurdengineering]

@@galaxya40s95They did cheap out on a thermal switch in the motor windings. If it had one, there would be no burn-outs. The whole “use it for 60s” thing is silly when it could be automatically enforced using cheap components.

[@galaxya40s95]

@@absurdengineering I definitely agree. But that is kind of what you expect when buying cheap stuff. Hardly enough money to pay for decent materials, much less for proper engineering I suppose. And much easier to add a sentence or two into the manual. But imo as long as you keep this in mind and do not try to use it in professional environment, its fine.

[@sprity7777]

It is 40W. Most phones charge super fast with that power. Its actually unnecessary to leave it for hours with maximum load. I will get hot, sure. But it wont get that hot in a short period of time, at max load. my 45W Huawei charger wasnt even hot to the touch after a full charge on my phone, only if I accidently left it for hours during work.

[@Alex-mj7km]

USB-C can be used for laptops, soldering irons, etc. Not just phones, and those can consume huge amount of power for long periods of time. High quality chargers don't get that hot at max. rated power output. Charger in the video should have been limited to 30W.

[@Conservator.]

@@Alex-mj7kmWell said. It only needs to go wrong once. It’s not worth the risk.

[@galaxya40s95]

​@@Alex-mj7km Yeah, I wonder how difficult it would be to decrease the maximum output. Guess it depends on how accessible the resistors are.

[@Chuckiele]

@@Alex-mj7km Doesnt even need to be limited, some thermal throttling would be enough.

[@Freeman666Gordon]

And how much of chargers have a marking about how long it supposed to operate at maximum load?

[@amkp40technology]

*Very Nice Charger ❤*

[@marcinkowalski7143]

Nice video and charger. That 9AWE component was probably (guessing by the logo) ME431 made by MICRONE(Nanjing Micro One Elec).

[@davadoff]

How can that output rectifier get so bloody hot for a synchronous one? I^2R = 2.25*2.25*9mR = 45mW 2.25A max based on 45W/22v, +10% for efficiency

[@richardturton6900]

Where was the "GaN" other than in the LED indicator?

[@Conservator.]

The GaN charger was in the video on the ‘65W’ charger.

[@JumpingSpiderDesign]

​@@Conservator.I think it mentioned GaN in the product listing at the start of the vid. "Dual Ports 40W Fast GaN charging"

[@Conservator.]

@@JumpingSpiderDesign It’s in the description of the video. 😉

[@CanizaM]

The primary side MOSFET is a GaN device.

[@Conservator.]

@@CanizaM Tx! How can you identify that it’s a GaN? Tia

[@kashifkhan5565]

This is ridiculous to see a chip running at 158 degree C. Have you calibrated your thermal imaging camera maybe its faulty or off by some larger degrees. PL check it too. Thanks for the good work.

[@cuf_]

No it probably is that hot

[@zebo-the-fat]

@@cuf_ Maybe it can double up as a toaster!

[@cuf_]

@@zebo-the-fat mini stove

@@cuf_silicon decades at like 120C.

[@CanizaM]

Power semiconductors are rated up to 175C, they will survive just fine. It's the electrolytics which are going to die first.

[@LawpickingLocksmith]

Even Bigclive could eventually learn to use a heatgun to save the core. What about the 3.3V output ?

[@UpLateGeek]

Not bad if you only use it at reduced load. The problem is if your device or devices are capable of charging at the higher power levels, they'll do it irrespective of the internal temperature of the charger. Besides using chips with some kind of thermal throttling, I'm not really sure how they could reduce the temperature of these kinds of chargers. They're just too small and have too little surface area to dissipate that much heat.

[@Giedrius-lb7np]

That mysterious chip should be Meraki MK2697 It's in lots of chargers

[@sammertkoeli8281]

i love the uab charger videos

[@muhammadazeem1346]

Also a good ting to mention here is that Phones or Laptops dont usually charge at their rated or advertised Wattage all the time... They do it breifly and then default to basicly half of the advertised wattage.... So this charger is perfectly fine and slightly Dodgy like you said if you treat it like a powersupply

[@RotatingLocomotive]

Another fantastic eposide of the serie. I don't think this one deserved the vote of slighty dodgy, since it has all the characteristics of a good charger, included Y1 safety capacitor. Like in this case, if you spend a bit more you can get excellent products from aliexpress and ebay china, of course 1 dollar chargers have more chances to be dodgy

[@heinerrambold8889]

I do have a real usb charger from club 3d with a total wattage of 142W. It weighs 370gr. Thanks for your video!!!

[@Petertronic]

I wonder what temperature it would reach, if there was bad airflow, such as some clothing on top of it or something

[@DiodeGoneWild]

I guess the overheat protection in the primary chip or the buck regulator chips would kick in.

[@3VFtetsu]

this charger surprised me because of using quite exotic color of LED and the fact that it looks similar to the "iron-laden" 65w charger it has quite good transformer and claims the rating but not for long At least they put some effort on it

[@Gregorius421]

It would be exemplary to unplug the socket before 3:34. For such experiments I use one with a 2 channel switch so it's less cumbersome.

[@cybcarr]

got me subbed neighbour!

[@teardowndan5364]

Looks like a great design, apart from the bit where it is cooking itself to death with sub-par efficiency.

[@hojnikb]

Could you teardown some of the newer ikea chargers next?

[@cardboardsnail]

It gets scary hot. Even if it didn't blow up, I wouldn't use such a thing for fear of a fire hazard.

[@AndyKlisch]

Sorry, what is synchronous rectifier? Thank You very much in advance!

[@Random_4400]

I have a similar one. But i only paid around 5$ it's 35w GaN has a USBC and USBA port and even a small display that shows the wattage being drawn from the charger! For the money it's worth good. Mine doesn't get alarmingly hot even at full load. I even bought another after seeing how good it was.

[@alireza1217]

hi, do you build you constant load yourself? may i have schematic and build instructions for that???

[@galaxya40s95]

16:34 So true, you go me laughing. Thanks

[@Anthocyanina]

the electrical design looks pretty good, but the industrial designer got the EEs in a pickle with such a tiny space to cram everything into getting so hot

[@josipzlk8019]

Cover on capacitor was on there for when solder starts melting from operating temperature to keep it in position and shorting to primary 😅

[@galaxya40s95]

2:27 Maybe not wall sockets, but many ppl use the adaper plugged into extensions likeb you had, so both test would be valid.

[@ghlscitel6714]

Thanks for your research. I just wonder with what you control the output voltage.

[@0MeALot0]

Could you please explain what was done wrong for it to become this hot? Seems to be a half decent build to still suck this bad.

[@mernokimuvek]

Does the flyback transformer in a CRT TV or minitor worn in DCM or CCM? I never had an oscilloscope and a high voltage probe to check it. What about the self-oscillating 2N3055 circuit used by hobbyists?

[@KeritechElectronics]

Litzwire, nice stuff as long as it strips with heat alone.

[@Novus_Ordo_Conditor]

For a charger bought from Aliexpress, I think it is a very good system. I would also like to add that review videos of quality chargers are more enjoyable, do not hesitate to raise the bar in the future, I know it will upset your wallet, but there is nothing you can do.

[@Clancydaenlightened]

15:40 you can get two power MOSFET, tank capacitor, 20v+ zener, ultrafast rectifier, centertap the dual primary And about 100uh inductor Remove the feed back from the transformer And use feedback wound on same inductor Or just regulate power and current on secondary a side, and output constant voltage it's a flyback so the cheap zvs driver works. The problem with em back in the day was running over 100volts without blowing up transistor gates

[@Clancydaenlightened]

Push 100w and run at half the heat waste That topology only switches the transistor on or off only when the voltage across drain and source is as close to a possible zero Could also switch based on when the current across is zero too Or when the voltage and current cross with effectively no flow of power too Want a extremely low rds on the transistor Make sense to turn a switch on or off when no load is apparent Less work it actually needs and switches can switch faster Cant have switching loss when the switch hardly sees any apparent power...

[@Clancydaenlightened]

Zvs doesn't need digital logic to switch voltage It's a resonant smps Pretty much a Tesla coil driver in cw mode but much more efficient

[@ThylineTheGay]

Curious how the Minix P1 charger rates to you (AliExpress 65w pd, not the cheapest, hasn't exploded for me :D)

[@cambridgemart2075]

I suspect the Chinese designers develop a charger and test it with increasing load until it shuts down, then use that power as its rating, regardless of how hot it gets.

[@MANDINGOBlackPanther-lo1gm]

Çok meraklıydım❤ biraz endişelendim 🔟acaba bu da diğer iki gibi sarı olup da 45 Watt olan acaba bu da sahte çıkar mı diye endişelendim ama çıkmadı senin 2 videon olan 65 Watt olan ve sarı olan şarj aleti Amazon'da çok ucuza satılıyor ucuz olan şey sahte❌❌ olduğunu gayet iyi biliyorum Çektiğim videoları bize çok yarıyor sayende bilgileniyoruz💯

[@seikojason]

They probably thought 60° is good. Yeah in °F not °C

[@galaxya40s95]

Maybe the F got lost somewhere on the way.

[@Pascal666...]

Can you provide a link to your ir camera attachmand ? ❤

[@mysock351C]

I wonder if there are any USB-C supplies from Temu or something that just common the two USB ports together rather than use independent DC-DC converters or transformers? That would be interesting. Plug in your laptop and your 5V power bank at the same time and get flames. Technically two different devices would just cause a data conflict when requesting the voltage, but I’m sure they’d find a way to make it “work.”

[@digitalvinyls3544]

I wonder how would it go for the Samsung charger, when you put it on maximum current for few hours. Chargers are not built to work that way, chargers charge on full power only for 10-15 mins maximum, then they lower the power, to protect the battery. Even 120W chargers charge few minutes at 120W, and only if this option is allowed in settings. Otherwise, they charge at half power. I use Toocki 33W charger from Ali, with display, it charge just slightly longer my Xioami phone, than original 120W charger. And it charge with 27-28W only to 90%, then lowers to 5-10W.

[@nezu_cc]

100 degrees and you can touch it with bare hands to open it? Are you sure your thermal camera is calibrated? I have my doubts

[@DiodeGoneWild]

I don't touch the hottest spot, and plastic has a low thermal conductivity and capacity.

[@ezequielcarranza5809]

I have a FNIRSI FNB58 USB tester that stopped working while testing a charger with the QC3.0 fast charging protocol activated. The charger was outputting 20V with a charging current between 1.5 and 2A. The charger was connected to the USB Type-C input, and the load was on the USB Type-A output. The tester turned off in the same way as shown in this video when exceeding a certain current, but I was unable to get it to turn back on. I tried with other chargers, but it still doesn't work. According to the product specifications, it should be able to handle up to 28V and 7A, so I am surprised that the device failed under these conditions. Does anyone have any idea if this is normal and what I could do to repair it?

[@nicenice3355]

Can we still donate chargers to you? I found 3 different 65W chargers from AliExpress for 2€ each and I want to see you explore them

[@anindyamitra5091]

Sir, you can use Petrol/Gasoline to dissolve the glue and open it, you may not have to cut the box that way

[@VOLTRONDEFENDER4440]

Diodegonewild Japan voltage can be up to 110-120v

[@VladoT]

Casually pokes his hand while plugged in 😅

[@jp4163]

I love his accent!!

[@JamesBrown-ux9ds]

I think this is a very good design, for shure when compared to so many others you have tested before - just the rating is wrong I believe! It should instead say about '20 Watts continuus use, and 40 Watts for 20 minutes' - and everything would be okay I guess. Think it withstood 160 degrees without failing - not recommend but not bad from a shear performance point of view. And the customers ask for such small packades - of course without sufficient cooling surfaces and without active cooling via ventilators like with a PC power supply for instance. It's not the manufacturers fault when the market asks for the impossible.

[@zarozumialy]

How to donate device for testing?

[@blg53]

Wow a Litz wire secondary and common mode HF suppression between primary and secondary! Chinese quality on the rise!

[@grabasandwich]

I guess they come up with product names by tripping over a keyboard? What a time to be alive.

[@grabasandwich]

@@liam3284 I don't think AI is needed to come up with something like IRGAGEYYFH 😂

[@adamzeleny7809]

where are you from ?

[@andymouse]

Thats good enough for me !

[@cambridgemart2075]

Looking at the quality of the transformer, the complexity of the circuitry and the capability, I wonder if the circuit boards were developed to meet an OEM spec, but then they reused the parts in a cheap enclosure without heatsinks to make a cheap charger. Edit: I noticed the 40W rating is spread across both outputs, it looked like you were applying the full load on just 1 output. Granted, the charger should limit the output to 20W on each output, but the test was not absolutely fair.

[@twentyrothmans7308]

I am here for the cat.

[@wimwiddershins]

Nice 40W... heater.

[@parsipax6337]

I wish I could send you my $3 66w charger, it works so well I've bought 3 of them so far, really like to know how they made it so cheap!

[@DiodeGoneWild]

please contact me: danyk at centrum dot cz

[@symik3]

Hell nah, i would suggest you all the IKEA 45W Charger, have not fully loaded it yet, but i should do it!

[@James_Ryan]

So given the heat, it wasn't using GaN as it claims?

[@DiodeGoneWild]

I don't think so. Every charger is now called GaN just like every program is now called AI :D

[@CanizaM]

@@DiodeGoneWild it actually is, that part with 65E300DNYI is a GaN HEMT! I was surprised too.

[@patrickfarnburn5704]

Here in Thailand the price of this charger is not more than 10 Euro including shipping, not bad.

[@frogz]

that poor poor heat gun, it gave it's life to let us learn

[@galaxya40s95]

How would I go about donating a product for review? Does he have some info about how to do it posted somewhere or should I just send him an email?

[@DiodeGoneWild]

Send me an email to danyk at centrum dot cz ;)

[@galaxya40s95]

@@DiodeGoneWild Alright, will do. Cheers

[@Electester]

The real price for this charger is something about 10$ - I paid it and I have 2 of them, moreover I had properly mounted LED in both exemplars.

[@gelecopter]

this is funny how well this PSU is made but the only flaw in its design is small overall footprint... It would be decent charger if it was about 20-30% bigger and not this cramped...

[@PodzemiRomanW]

novej tranzistor :D byl ohniček?

[@DiodeGoneWild]

Ten BDX33C už se upekl, TIP142 je lepší ;)

[@jeanbastien8690]

Merci très intéressant

[@fj4695]

I wonder how you do t get shocked by primary side caps xD

[@pc-sound-legacy]

So it delivers the power but on cost of lifetime and safety🥵 At first I wondered why it was that much discolored, maybe exposed to intense sunlight, but after your measurement of 110c question is answered😂

[@edoardobattaglia5157]

I would like to point out that even my 65w xiaomi type c charger if used to charge a large powerbank for a long time becomes extremely hot, they are made to charge a smartphone in 15/20 minutes, not for more than half an hour

[@Chuckiele]

No schematic? :(

[@alext6933]

I might get one of those to cook some eggs on.

[@e99g]

15:37 I am also Albanian and that made my day ❤️🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱😅 pershendetje

[@josifvissarionovich5320]

So its made to be functional and reasonably safe. It is just thermally designed to fail not too long after purchase. Ensuring the economy growth.

[@DubDado]

give thanks

[@TheSpotify95]

Not terrible, a whole lot better than the last one ($3 "65W") and at 20W or 30W this thing would be fine. Besides, I wouldn't want to fast charge my phone anyway as it will make the battery wear much faster.

[@waqasahmad55202]

The best transformer i guess..!?

[@DiodeGoneWild]

Definitely the best transformer outside the EU market.

[@samohraje2433]

Zaťažovanie nabíjačky trvalým výkonom s tým, že jej celková spotrebovaná energia presiahne 4-5 násobok kapacity batérie v telefóne je overkill. Skúšal som nabíjať notebook cez obyčajnú xiaomi USB-C nabíjačku ktorá mala 65W výkon a ten notebook sa behom hodiny nabil na 100% bez toho aby sa nejako nabíjačka prehrievala. Skúsil som to druhý krát s tym, že hneď po nabití notebooku som začal nabíjať 20Ah powerbanku ktorá podporuje PD nabíjanie a čudujte sa, tá nabíjačka bola natoľko chytrá , že keď sa začala prehrievať, sama znižovala nabíjací prúd lebo sa mi tá powerbanka nabíjala asi o 25 minút dlhšie ako obvykle. Keď tá nabíjačka zvládne trvalý výkon 40W po dobu 30 minút, tak je dobrej kvality aj keď to je čína. Skoro všetky telefóny s podporou PD sa nabijú zhruba za 30-40 minut pri 40W. Samozrejme že 40W berie len v určité momenty kedy teplota baterie nie je nad limitom tepelen ochrany. Snáď každá jedna nabíjačka bude mať vnútornosti horúce nad 100 stupňov keď ju budete trvalo zaťažovať 40W na čo vôbec nie je stavaná.

[@mik310s]

Its a nice design, but like most of these they require some heatsinking.

[@EasyOne]

nice