Quote:
|
Originally Posted by lite
They will blow up genrally because if you are in a 240v area (230v in reality) and the charger is designed for 110v but still its change a bit to work with 240v so you get that bang and a puff os smoke which i think is the copper wire overheating inside the voltage regulator and breaking. genrally you can fix this by find where they two points broke but normally its on the inside of the wrap which is difficult so you have to replace it all.
|
Well, i'm in a 230v area and mine still works. :P
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by mekako
On closer examination there appears to be no bridge rectifier, only one of the four diodes that should be there are present.
It's just a total piece of cost cutting practice to leave out the other three diodes which make up th bridge rectifier.
I may if I can be botherd, put all the diodes in that are missng, and replace the one that was blasted also, so at least there will be a bridge in it and see what happens.
|
I popped open my charger today out of curiosity. Noticing the design on the board and the tiny diode and resistor through which mains voltage is initially driven, i was like "wait, there's 230v running through
THAT????" Also the size of the voltage lowering transformer shocked me. Even the horn on my bicycle, which is powered by 2 AA batteries, has a larger one. :shock:
With all that, it's a miracle that those things don't blow when they're first plugged in. :lol:
__________________
For my dreams i hold my life...
I miss my Meizu M6SL... Currently rocking a Sony Ericsson w595 on Samsung in-ear phones. Does fine, but it's not a chipod...
