Sadly there are a lot of extremely dangerous super-cheap power supplies out there. What I usually do when I receive a product that comes with a power supply that isn't from the same brand or looks a bit suspicious is open it up and check how safe it is. Most of the time the PCB is fairly safe, with a good amount of clearance and OK quality components, but usually they don't pay much attention to the mains wiring, using extremely thin and flimsy wire which can break off and short something out pretty easily, so most of the time all I have to do is apply some hot glue just to make sure it stays in place.
About the fake components, specially capacitors, it's extremely easy to spot by checking them with a LCR or ESR meter. Thankfully I still haven't had any issues with fake parts from Digi-Key or eBay. On Thursday, May 22, 2014 9:56:36 AM UTC-3, Nick wrote: > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27515446 > > Nick > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/9b9ab4ad-99a8-44a3-9aef-5388b212f569%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
