130W USB C Laptop AC Adapter Teardown, what is inside?

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130W USB C Laptop AC Adapter Teardown, what is inside?
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In this video I am pulling apart a replacement 130W AC laptop power adapter. This adapter was reviewed in a previous video but today we will investigate whether or not it deserves a safety listing. It is an interesting one.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:20 Initial Opening
03:30 Components
07:25 Transformer
09:37 Summary

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@thedoorlocke Жыл бұрын

Really interesting! I have a OEM Dell 130w usb c adapter and was considering purchasing a 2nd third party one. Would love to see a similar tear down of the official one in comparison to this. Love the videos!

@AllThingsOnePlace Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yeah, I think that is the general consensus, that Dell is going to get the torn apart.

@lubtub619 Жыл бұрын

Yes, please open up the Dell official power supply as well for a direct comparison. This video has been an eye opener, and your knowledge and explanation of why this power adapter is not up to stuff is very good

@AllThingsOnePlace Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'll need to get that one out. I have the USB one so, direct comparison.

@eugene4350 Жыл бұрын

Exactly why I don’t recommend offbrand adapters. Thanks for the video.

@AllThingsOnePlace Жыл бұрын

Yep, these are cheap but just not worth it.

@pehday80 Ай бұрын

Very interesting video. Thanks for making it. It definitely helps many people to know how this was put together without having to deal with hassle or hurting themselves.

@AllThingsOnePlace Ай бұрын

Thanks! Yeah, that initial opening on these things is always precarious.

@tommyle628 Жыл бұрын

Nicely done, I hope you can teardown all of the chargers and everything you reviewed!

@AllThingsOnePlace Жыл бұрын

Ha. Yeah. That’s a lot of broken bits to pull apart. I do need to do more though.

@joelnrs 4 ай бұрын

Doing more tear downs with the explanations you provide would be greatly appreciated !

@AllThingsOnePlace 4 ай бұрын

Okay, yeah, I know I shot a couple of teardowns and never released them too. I don't know why.

@veraxis9961 Жыл бұрын

Ouch. This was about as bad as I was expecting. between that wrapped metal sheet and the transformer windings, there are multiple places which are only a bit of nicked insulation away from going live, and if things are being put on backwards inside the factory, that doesn't inspire confidence. Good to get awareness out about this kind of thing.

@AllThingsOnePlace Жыл бұрын

Yeah, scary right? I bet there's a lot of these out there too. The metal shields are required to help block radio interference and an engineer took the time to design it with a cutout for safety. Oh well.

@thomasscargle5526 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video All Things ✊

@AllThingsOnePlace Жыл бұрын

You are welcome.

@dianal3474 4 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for this, it was very informative. A few weeks ago I had a power surge (The underground utility cable shorted out very spectacular!) and my Dell 130W charger started acting strangely, it would start charging and then stop. I unplugged for a minute plug it back in and it worked. Hmm… I wondered if they moved the charger control circuits to the charger. I saw your video a couple of weeks ago and ordered a new charger and it has been a week since I had the new charger arrived and the Dell XPS is back working like a champ. Now I’m going to teardown the old one and see if there is any damage to it. I have surge protectors on all the electronics in the house including the washing machine but not on the laptop because I move around to different outlets. The surge set off the smoke detectors and fried all 7 of them which are being replaced.

@AllThingsOnePlace 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, that's certainly odd behavior and a power surge is a difficult event to deal with. Shorting mains power cable is a scary event. The best case is it just doesn't turn on anymore, safely fails and doesn't damage anything down stream. I've had a few things damaged over the years from power issues. The fire alarms I am pretty surprised by, the power supplies in those I would expect to be able to take a lightning strike and not fail, they are built down to a price I guess. A lot still use capacitive droppers and zener regulators. So, a short transient can walk through that capacitor like it's not there, and says zap to the computer in the alarm.

@theoneohmresistor Жыл бұрын

it is probably a C5 (cloverleaf) connector instead of the C7 (8 figure) so that if you already have dell charger, you could just swap out the mains cable, instead of thinking about it being obviously fake by being wrong connector. I am happy to see that someone else gives a thought about PFC, because I personally wouldn't use this adapter if it was the last one in the world (beside bad QC) I really like this video, and it would be fantastic if you also made a teardown of the original dell charger and making a comparison!

@AllThingsOnePlace Жыл бұрын

mmm, yes, the cables are interchangeable. Yeah, I've had several people want to see the Dell so that will be coming soon.

@Ender_Wiggin Жыл бұрын

Have you thought about doing a doing a Power factor correction mod to the rectifier. Similar to what greatscott showed off

@AllThingsOnePlace Жыл бұрын

I did before he made that video. I actually have that PFC module he showed off, ha. For some reason if I plug it in now I don’t think it will work.

@steveasthana1010 Жыл бұрын

Hey! Do you have a recommendation for a third party replacement for the 130W Dell power adapter? Would appreciate the most budget option you'd recommend. Thanks for the great vids!

@AllThingsOnePlace Жыл бұрын

Yeah, in this case the Dell OEM is almost the same price and a lot better than the replacements on may factors. I'd really just get the Dell. You can get used ones usually pretty cheap from resellers too. There may be some good replacements but mostly they look like this one, and this one is bad.

@Rainings Жыл бұрын

Hi, can you do a tear down on a framework laptop charger?

@AllThingsOnePlace Жыл бұрын

Oh, that's a good idea. Looks like it comes with a USB C cable too. Thanks!

@Rainings Жыл бұрын

@@AllThingsOnePlace thanks! Can’t wait!

@10mbc 7 ай бұрын

I would like to see a test of a Lenovo Thinkpad 65w adapter. Also, could you please elaborate on the advantages of a ground pin in a usb-c adapter? Of course, most of them are for laptops but even some laptop manufacturers provide a 2 pin, ungrounded charger.

@AllThingsOnePlace 7 ай бұрын

Yeah, I need to get into some Lenovo stuff. I have a few chargers around here somewhere. I made an adapter to connect to the rectangular plug end. The ground pin is used for a few reasons, here are some: One is safety of the adapter, another radio interference reduction or shielding, then also it has the effect of reducing leakage to the user from power supply by shunting the residual AC to ground. Of course if it isn't even wired like this one then it doesn't work for any reason.

@10mbc 7 ай бұрын

@@AllThingsOnePlace Thanks for making that clear! I was talking about the recent Lenovo chargers, not the old ones. They are all USB-C now. Maybe some docks still use the rectangular but that was not my intention.

@gualbertoeliasmorettamejia9846 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for you video

@AllThingsOnePlace 2 ай бұрын

You are welcome.

@vasudevmenon2496 Жыл бұрын

I am looking for slimq 240w power brick but only issue is huge shipping costs plus import duty and from the slimq customer complaints about hissing and causing DCIN connector failures in Dell and asus models. Then there's no way to check the revision to see if there are affected models. Teardown was pretty brutal but explained in a very easy manner. Thanks

@AllThingsOnePlace Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I should do a teardown of the 240W brick from SlimQ. No idea what we will find in that one. I have quite a few Dell and HP adapters that also make noise under light load.

@vasudevmenon2496 Жыл бұрын

@@AllThingsOnePlace thanks man. Will be waiting for that.

@TheStopwatchGod Жыл бұрын

Could you review the Ugreen 145W 90Wh (25,000mAh) powerbank? It has 2 USB-C ports (100W and 45W) and a USB-A port (18W) The two USB-C ports do 100+45W together, and all three ports do 100W (C1) + 15W (C2 + A) together. Both port C1 and C2 can do charging and discharging, but port C2 is capped at 45W for both directions, doesn’t make a lot of sense. Port C1 is also capped at 65W for recharging. The Powerbank lacks any Extended Power Range modes, but it likely supports PPS as it claims compatibility with the S23 Ultra. The product images indicate it has the UK/CA and the CE marks, and the powerbank has an LED display for battery percentage. The Price is the same as the Anker 737 ($150), but it appears to be unavailable on Amazon US at the moment

@AllThingsOnePlace Жыл бұрын

Yeah, there is a limit on capacity and power delivered. This pack limits charging speed, likely to prevent overheating. At 145W out, I would expect overheating for a battery of that size. The Anker overheats as well but it manages to drain itself flat before doing so which I consider fine, it did its job now it needs a break. Anyway, I added the UGREEN to the list. No idea when or if it will make it. These high wattage claims on smaller batteries are something to be wary of.

@donnieweston3249 10 ай бұрын

Of course I want to see inside the Dell PS

@AllThingsOnePlace 10 ай бұрын

I know I still have that on my to do list.

@YukonHawk1 Жыл бұрын

That's why we should stick with ETL and UL listed products.

@AllThingsOnePlace Жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@riandihandojo1820 Жыл бұрын

I have Baseus 100W Charger CCGAN100UE with also Baseus Type-C to Type-C 100W cable. My device is Dell Latitude 5520. Is this a good replacement ?

@AllThingsOnePlace Жыл бұрын

That laptop does want the higher wattage of the Dell 130W adapter, or 6.5A on one cable. It is proprietary, so really stuck with the Dell official charger. I wouldn't get the one from this video, ha. The Baseus should charge it fine, but it may run out of power if you want to do heavy workloads while also charging.

@Marius-Gvr 3 күн бұрын

@@AllThingsOnePlace I have started watching your videos because I want to make an informed decision on a power bank. In one of your videos you said that the best way to decide on a powerbank is to think on what requirements you have, wattage, amperage. My requirements are a dell laptop which uses this 130W 6.5A powerbrick and 45w fast charging for samsung. Would the anker 737 or the 250w anker be a good choice? Or do you recommend something else? Thanks in advance!

@chilly1661 Жыл бұрын

Please do more teardowns

@AllThingsOnePlace Жыл бұрын

Yeah, they need a lot of work before I make more of these. What did you like and not like about this video?

@chilly1661 Жыл бұрын

@@AllThingsOnePlace I actually really enjoyed the video, you covered basically everything i wanted, transformer teardown components used isolation distance etc. Thanks for making these.

@voluntarypropaganda Жыл бұрын

You crazy knowledgeable, I know nothing

@AllThingsOnePlace Жыл бұрын

ha, I need to do a better job explaining things. Thanks for watching.

@anyway3638 8 ай бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@AllThingsOnePlace 8 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@juancosta200 3 ай бұрын

🎉,,,,,,👏👍

@AllThingsOnePlace 3 ай бұрын

thanks!

@lolidasterner414 Жыл бұрын

Any idea of a review of the Toocki series sold in alixpress ? Have the 67 and 100 w model and i am quite impressed by them . But since i cant fully stress them i don't know if they are truly gan or they have another mosfet or their perdormance.

@AllThingsOnePlace Жыл бұрын

I haven't gone down the Aliexpress rabbit hole yet. I know I am going to find lots of bad stuff, some decent stuff, and some that is just okay. The Toocki is not one I've heard of yet but I added it to the list. It is a very long list.

@lolidasterner414 Жыл бұрын

@@AllThingsOnePlace Thank you for the dedication and effort. I mentioned the toocki brand because it has more products , higher audience and followers than rocoren and is highly promoted by ali express ( as essager ). So it would strike me as weird to have lesser quality products than rocoren.

@AllThingsOnePlace Жыл бұрын

@@lolidasterner414 Not saying those in particular are cheaper. Just in general talking about the volume of products and the majority are sketchy inexpensive items. Essager I've heard of and I think I may have one or two of those in my bin of untested adapters actually.