Behemot (in the review) wrote:The receptacle itself is poorly made out of some pressed pieces of metal, not sure whether this will be even safe in the long run.
Well, I can answer that question with a
no: Over 6 months ago (2017-11-09, to be precise), the reception PC at my Mum's accounting office made "funny sparking noises" and went off. So I checked the cord; it
was a bit old, but still appeared to make steady contact with (compliant) mating connectors.
I tried a brand-new cord (which came with a laser printer, so you'd
hope it's decent), but the sparks
still happened. Sure enough, the PSU involved (Aywun A1-3000) has one of these shonky inlets (plus non-safety-rated 2kV ceramic capacitors instead of Y2 class).
I promptly replaced it (with a previously-recapped Hipro HP-D3057F3H), and the PC seems fine since then.
Yeah, I
despise PC builders that still take such cavalier attitudes towards PSUs.
(So we're
not relying on those "specialists" anymore for tasks I can handle fine myself, thank you very much.)
(And to think Americans are scared of space heaters…
Seriously, all these shitloads of dodgy and non-compliant SMPS make my
Kambrook fan heater look
exceedingly safe in comparison. I don't doubt that
shoddy heaters catch fire periodically, but even those are tame compared to dodgy SMPS.
)
Addition 2021-09-02: Not only are the pins folded into a poor approximation of the intended shape, they're also made of
steel.
No budget for brass, was there?
Information is far more fragile than the HDDs it's stored on. Being an afterthought is no excuse for a bad product.
My PC: Core i3 4130 on GA‑H87M‑D3H with GT640 OC 2GiB and 2 * 8GiB Kingston HyperX 1600MHz, Kingston SA400S37120G and WD3003FZEX‑00Z4SA0, Pioneer BDR‑209DBKS and Optiarc AD‑7200S, Seasonic G‑360, Chenbro PC31031, Linux Mint Cinnamon 20.3.
by Behemot » February 27th, 2016, 5:36 am 
