allocacoc PowerCube Teardown

Teardown and review of the allocacoc PowerCube. Just put an extension socket into a strange shape and give it a cool name and you have a business :). It can have a remote control, but the remote is being sold separately. It has a plug, 4 sockets and an ON-OFF switch with LED indicator. It can switch up to 16A at 220 / 230 / 240V. Its own power consumption is 0.25W in off state and 0.59W in on state. The remote probably works at 433 or 868 MHz. The PowerCube has a 5V switching power supply with a proper fuse, EMI filter and an 8-pin chip. The RF receiver has an unmarked 16-pin chip, that may be a Synoxo SYN470R. There's also a third chip, S003F3P6 microcontroller. The power is switched using a 16A 250V relay with a 5V coil. Strangely, one of the 4 sockets has German Schuko F style guides, despite it is a French style E socket. Only universal European plug fits into it, not the pure E or F. plug The other 3 sockets are normal French E sockets.
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[@SuperMIKevin]

4 years later still no remote teardown.

[@antreaskonstantinou8585]

Watching this while charging from my powercube

[@mikeunum]

When i see the length of the Antenna it must be 'RF' or 'Bluetooth'. A tear-down would be very interesting to see the power-supply function. - It sounds like a piezeo electric design about the click two times (Push button in and out). - The micro controller could be an ATTiny? - 06:19 - Backside of the print. The right thumb is over the 4 pin wholes J1 named on the top side. GND, 3V3, and the two for RX and TX looks like That could be the programming interface for the ATTiny.

[@BORISXII]

Thanks a bunch for the review, my guy!

[@doubleT84]

Very practical. I never travel without it, anymore. I found myself in hostels or hotel rooms or even at friends' and families' places too often, where I wasn't able to load all my stuff overnight because there was only one socket. I got the one that doesn't have the remote, though, but one more socket. There's also one with a 2m cord.

[@SianaGearz]

It's funny that the power supply safety bonus is defeated by the mains relay leads on the back side of the PCB, and all you're left with is extra complexity.

[@vedantghadi6575]

You didn't make the video with the remote controller?

[@Killerspieler0815]

This thing looks practical for huge AC-adapters ( alias "wall warts" ) Yes, the one socket is unusual & makes no sense and are this French ground Pins in this configuration even more likely to break ?

[@Cheese_1337]

can you make a video about your famous extesion cord and that watt meter? :D

[@malcolmbarclay9313]

Please do a remote teardown! I have a pair of them, but the remote is broken and I'd love to find out how I might be able to fix it. I really liked it otherwise. Thank you so much!

[@mikeunum]

@DiodeGoneWild that's my same thought. I was searching for days on the internet but did not find anything.

[@sykoteddy]

Weird, mine have the same EU/Netherland/Swedish socket all around. I want to open mine up to see if it has some servicable parts since mine stoped working in a humid environment.

[@saarike]

Nice vid and odd device (nice innovation) for ordinary use.

[@amaanqureshi1286]

Very Nice!

[@SamuelCersosimo]

Have you done the remote? Mine discharged and I can't fix. I've tried to charge pushing the button but no success.

[@kruemmelbande5078]

What? You review something safe? Something that has a fuse, doesent blow up and doesent shut down at half of the rated current?

[@dreck66666]

Darf kevin spielen kommen

[@mihailsaltirov5333]

Looks good by the way i got idea about the 5v led strip @_@ pc case lighting not bad if all simple around with a switch and another red one for the pc but seperate one the power on will turn them on as well

[@user-vg2fm7zy4s]

could you tell me whether the conair universal adapter is as bad as the CE Chinese one?

[@simonezampierivideography6808]

And remote video?😄

[@uiopuiop3472]

A few months ago there were a few remotes for this powercube for 0,7 euros each in a local shop for sale, if I knew you were insterested in it, I would have been able to send a few ones.

[@SMHTactical]

Still waiting for the remote :(

[@traaaaan]

What is the fuse it uses? I have the US version that is 4 years old that just stopped working last week. When plugged in my led slowly blinks. The reset switch doesn't seem to work.

[@24CaratSurvival]

Found this video as I was curious to know how the remote works. I would guess it uses the Piezoelectric Effect?

[@DiodeGoneWild]

Not sure how the remote works. The receiver looks like a standard 433 Mhz or 868 MHz receiver. The transmitter probably contains a standard transmitter at one of these frequencies, and the power is generated by something like piezoelectric generator, but more likely magnet and coil... or, is it solar? I have to get the remote. It's quite tacky to sell those without the remote.

[@DesignNest]

Hi 24CaratSurvival and DiodeGoneWild The PowerRemote is batteryless and works on kinetic energy with a Wi-Fi signal of 2.4GHz. Since the PowerRemote can pair to many PowerCube Remotes and vice versa we sell them in a set and separately (which is excluding the PowerRemote). @DiodeGoneWild I think what you have bought is the PowerCube Single. If you check the packaging it should say if the remote is included or not. Hope that helped.

[@SianaGearz]

I recall Techmoan reviewed an inexpensive Chinese wireless batteryless doorbell button that used a piezo - he didn't figure out the power supply circuity though. I've seen schematics of people following up the piezo by an inductor or a transformer.

[@Slappy826]

exactly one year old today : )

Every time.. you always nailed the Chinese...😂😂👍

[@MlokKarel]

Did you ever get the remote? I have one at home. I'm quite certain it uses a piezoelectric effect to send an RF pulse, but that's all I managed to find out. It would be interesting to see the RF output on an oscilloscope... 🤔

[@mikeunum]

@DiodeGoneWild same here

[@Kyleroo]

Hey, I wonder if you try to reverse engineer this one. Does that sound good? EDIT: Can't wait to see the remote controller.

[@mikeunum]

@DiodeGoneWild ame here about the remote

[@anandmishra1757]

Allocacoc is a well known brand thats why there products r good

[@Suncatcher173]

Hi. How do you measure the power consumption? Do you have a resistor in series and mesure the voltage drop?

[@DiodeGoneWild]

Something like this is built inside the big power strip :) danyk.cz/wmetr_en.html With another shunt added to get 2 ranges.

[@dan2800]

1:44 když máte verzi se šnůrou tak si to pomocí soketu přilepíte třeba na stůl pomocí plastovýho kousku kterej k tomu dávaj Odkaz drive.google.com/file/d/1RV163XYFSZGWJXIJMxe5FXvZdLILyow0/view?usp=drivesdk

[@abunene1980]

Hi would you recommend this product?

[@DiodeGoneWild]

It definitely doesn't look bad, but I didn't have the opportunity to test the remote controller.

[@tyrgoossens]

The reason one of the sockets is different is because they have an adapter to mount the cubes on walls or under desks and it twists under those german plug style indents.

[@kyrylorudskyi1973]

And i was hoping there is two line switch! :(

[@natzzzy9119]

Mine blew up the usb charger appeared to have overheated

[@letstry1933]

Can you say the name on 8pin mircoscheme "UA2" ? Please ! ..... my is broken (((

[@AryanSharmaA]

How do you calculate power with a multimeter?

[@andricode]

Voltmeter in parallel with the circuit, Ampere meter in series with the circuit.The power is V x I. If you wanna test more than 10 amps, you will need a clamp meter or measure the load resistance ( not for motors )

[@jozefbaluch581]

Môj ovladac prestal fungovat asi po mesiaci

[@AMGTOM]

The question is : is it dangerouuuuuuus??!

[@lmofficial3269]

Is can't to be a dangerous because i have one and i dont have empty slots and i have this connected in the double socketor and my house is never been in fire :D

[@HedgehogY2K]

The 2 USB ports on the (4 variations) Powercube says it dishes out 2.1 amps when USB 2.0 is clearly 0.5, heck USB 3.0 is 0.9. What is the 2.1 Amps for on those USB ports???

[@okaro6595]

Charging ports are a completely diffrerent thing.

[@jussapitka6041]

Oh thats why there is a hole in plugs

[@ProckerDark]

yeah that's the European socket, in my opinion it's really a stupid design,i prefer the uk socket

[@Tarets]

The reason one of the sockets is different is because it's supposed to be support the mounting accessory - it goes in, you screw it and its plate goes underneath these guides.

[@MajsoSVK]

Je pravda, že v jednej zásuvke je fáza opačne? :D

[@DB-47]

Ano, jedna zásuvka má fázi obráceně, zkoušel jsem to proměřit, v mém případě mám Powercube extended USB modrá a docela mě zaráží význam té jedné zásuvky, která má jak kolík, tak vodící drážky typické u Schuko zásuvek :D

[@dan2800]

To je na přilepení pokuď máte s drátem

[@zx8401ztv]

What an odd product, shame they didnt include the remote, thats mean. :-(

[@DiodeGoneWild]

Yes, that was a moment of disappointment when I looked to the bottom of the box and the remote from the picture wasn't there :/.

[@JirkaCZEEE]

let's build one on your own :) . Parádní kanál btw.

[@DiodeGoneWild]

No tak radiový dálkový ovládání sem kdysi už stavěl, dokonce 4-kanálový :). danyk.cz/avr_rdo.html Díky :) Doufám, že časem nažene nějaký ty odběratele...

[@DesignNest]

Hi zx8401ztv, Since the PowerRemote can pair to many PowerCube Remotes and vice versa we sell them in a set and separately (which is excluding the PowerRemote and also the one that is reviewed in this video).

[@DesignNest]

Hi Против Глобал, Actually we sell them as a set (PowerCube |Remote| and PowerRemote) however the the one that DiodeGoneWild has bought is an extension pack therefore the PowerRemote was not included. The PowerCube |Remote| has a One-to-Many and Many-to-One feature so you can pair the PowerCube |Remote| with different PowerRemotes and vice versa.

[@talonfluff]

I think that the ground wire shouldn't be soldered.

[@RanjitAdhikari]

please tell me about diod. Its omes etc

[@thejavaman53]

Ranjit Adhikari haha. You know how to joke.

[@TediChannel23Ja]

The remote is your tv remote controller

[@pavelbires]

RF≠IR

[@waleedahmed4591]

*dodge dangerous Chinese power supplies*

[@guitarguy3688]

How about face reveal