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Having owned an Apple Airport Express, I can assure you that it's just as dangerous and badly designed. Mine actually blew a cap and melted. I'd love to see t

Having owned an Apple Airport Express, I can assure you that it's just as dangerous and badly designed. Mine actually blew a cap and melted. I'd love to see the guts of a REAL Apple charger spilled out for examination next to it.

yuhong 15y ago
http://www.ladyada.net/make/mintyboost/icharge.html http://www.ladyada.net/make/mintyboost/icharge.html
- gouranga 15y ago
  Thanks - looks horrid inside :)
  - batista 15y ago
    What exactly looks "horrid"? Looks like a fairly standard professional circuit, with plenty of good insulation...
    - gouranga 15y ago
      Tape. Tape is a sign of bad design that can be seen a mile away. The cans on the caps underneath are being kept away from the board with tape. That and the bare lead WTF in it. That and it's that retarded and dangerous 2-pin design (no ground/earth) that people in the US rely on.
      - jrockway 15y ago
        Well, the neutral wire is connected to earth. Grounding is important for metal cases, but when your case is an insulator (plastic), it's less important. If the hot wire comes loose and touches the plastic case, it's not going to harm you, which is what grounding protects against.
      - batista 15y ago
        >Tape is a sign of bad design that can be seen a mile away. The cans on the caps underneath are being kept away from the board with tape. I don't see any tape. This looks like some insulating goo material.
batista 15y ago
>Having owned an Apple Airport Express, I can assure you that it's just as dangerous and badly designed. Mine actually blew a cap and melted. That's a personal anecdote. Not an assurance. You attribute it to "bad design" but that would mean that most or lots of those would "blow a cap and melt". This is not reported. So it's most probably a faulty unit or a bad run, rather than a bad design. A faulty unit or a bad run can happen even to the most well designed hardware.

yuhong 15y ago

http://www.ladyada.net/make/mintyboost/icharge.html http://www.ladyada.net/make/mintyboost/icharge.html

gouranga 15y ago
Thanks - looks horrid inside :)
- batista 15y ago
  What exactly looks "horrid"? Looks like a fairly standard professional circuit, with plenty of good insulation...
  - gouranga 15y ago
    Tape. Tape is a sign of bad design that can be seen a mile away. The cans on the caps underneath are being kept away from the board with tape. That and the bare lead WTF in it. That and it's that retarded and dangerous 2-pin design (no ground/earth) that people in the US rely on.
    - jrockway 15y ago
      Well, the neutral wire is connected to earth. Grounding is important for metal cases, but when your case is an insulator (plastic), it's less important. If the hot wire comes loose and touches the plastic case, it's not going to harm you, which is what grounding protects against.
    - batista 15y ago
      >Tape is a sign of bad design that can be seen a mile away. The cans on the caps underneath are being kept away from the board with tape. I don't see any tape. This looks like some insulating goo material.

batista 15y ago

>Having owned an Apple Airport Express, I can assure you that it's just as dangerous and badly designed. Mine actually blew a cap and melted. That's a personal anecdote. Not an assurance. You attribute it to "bad design" but that would mean that most or lots of those would "blow a cap and melt". This is not reported. So it's most probably a faulty unit or a bad run, rather than a bad design. A faulty unit or a bad run can happen even to the most well designed hardware.