THE VIDEO SHELF · usb charger safety
Horrific USB power supply fault. (Electrocution risk.)
Electronics hobbyist bigclivedotcom tears down a cheap USB power supply with a manufacturing fault that carries full mains voltage to the USB ports, showing the risk of electric shock.
Why HN readers recommended it
Cited in threads about cheap chargers as proof of why proper certified and isolated power supplies are worth paying for.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- bigclivedotcom
- Topic
- usb charger safety
- Format
- demo
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 8
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2016–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Big clive on HN. Hurray! He earned my respect from a video on a USB charger with an electrocution risk and why you should never buy cheap USB chargers. [VIDEO]
bigtrakzapzap on Hacker News · 2019-08
In Inside a Poundland computer mouse [video]TL;DR: spend the $19 to buy a real, big brand USB charger because they have more to lose than grey market no brand. Tragic. Probably cheap USB without mains isolation or maybe enough water dripped down length of cable and socket to create a circuit, …
BrailleHunting on Hacker News · 2017-03
In Man dies charging iPhone while in the bath
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