Re: Magical cases

On Jan 3, 6:00 pm, who where <no...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Laptop SMPS are classical welded packages that defy respectable entry.
Normally they aren't economic to repair anyway.

Depends on the circumstance; no manufacturer wants to have
product-safety suits, so we see the safety-rated
power modules always as sealed units.

It's definitely easy to repair those SMPS units, I've done
it. As the original poster noted, the time is dominated by
case-rupture; manufacturer choice is NOT friendly to the
tech-savvy consumer. Does anyone believe this is
really a safety issue, though? If the DC cord is
strained, and cracking the case lets you shorten the cable,
how 'unsafe' is the result? I'm thinking, the manufacturer
has a profit-from-repair-parts motive.

Apple makes their mice that way, too. Yuk.
.

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