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Offline tp4tissue

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Don't buy Cheap Ebay Rectifiers..
« on: Thu, 29 September 2016, 09:38:45 »


Wow, So cheep, $1.00,  Bzzzzzzzz, short...  Trips 20 Amp house breaker.

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Re: Don't buy Cheap Ebay Rectifiers..
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 29 September 2016, 09:43:24 »
Quote from: tp4tissue on Thu, 29 September 2016, 09:38:45
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Wow, So cheep, $1.00,  Bzzzzzzzz, short...  Trips 20 Amp house breaker.


Now I know where to shop next time I want to burn it all down.
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Re: Don't buy Cheap Ebay Rectifiers..
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 29 September 2016, 09:44:04 »
Quote from: jal on Thu, 29 September 2016, 09:43:24
Quote from: tp4tissue on Thu, 29 September 2016, 09:38:45
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Wow, So cheep, $1.00,  Bzzzzzzzz, short...  Trips 20 Amp house breaker.


Now I know where to shop next time I want to burn it all down.




This is actually super dangerous,  even the power cable went limp noodle, warm and soft.  The transformer also got warm in only the 2 seconds of power.
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Re: Don't buy Cheap Ebay Rectifiers..
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 29 September 2016, 09:49:07 »
Tp4 has no luck with cheap ebay ****, first test leads, now this
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Re: Don't buy Cheap Ebay Rectifiers..
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 29 September 2016, 09:54:37 »
Stop buying cheap eBay ****?
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Re: Don't buy Cheap Ebay Rectifiers..
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 29 September 2016, 10:30:36 »
Quote from: Deductivemonkee on Thu, 29 September 2016, 09:54:37
Stop buying cheap eBay ****?

Yea well,   you try being poor..
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Re: Don't buy Cheap Ebay Rectifiers..
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 29 September 2016, 10:54:40 »
Quote from: tp4tissue on Thu, 29 September 2016, 09:44:04
Quote from: jal on Thu, 29 September 2016, 09:43:24
Now I know where to shop next time I want to burn it all down.
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This is actually super dangerous,  even the power cable went limp noodle, warm and soft.  The transformer also got warm in only the 2 seconds of power.

Absolutely. In a similar adventure, I once lit some carpet on fire once wiring up a buck circuit.
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Re: Don't buy Cheap Ebay Rectifiers..
« Reply #7 on: Fri, 30 September 2016, 00:58:41 »
Question guys..

I know switching power supplies can't be used in parallel unless it has the special detection circuits...

Was wondering,  Can linear power supplies be used in parallel ?

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