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The power supply in this case was just a wall-wart plug and I always thought they were just transformers which are too simple to fail. But thinking about it now
by marble-drink 7y ago
The power supply in this case was just a wall-wart plug and I always thought they were just transformers which are too simple to fail. But thinking about it now, there must also be a rectifier in there at least. Maybe there's much more than that...
- Moru 7y agoAt a previous job the most exchanged part was powersupplies for routers and fiberconverters. For some shipments we had more than 50% failure.
- NikkiA 7y agoTransformers often fail after a given 'long time', they are usually made out of many laminated plates glued together, and over time the glue will fail, plus they tend to vibrate at the mains frequency, which can shift things around over time and cause failure too.