As expected, this man can use anything as a pointer

The first charger was absolutely baking itself at the maximum load it could supply without shutting down. Those chargers are getting better and better. These videos never get old. Edit: If a USB charger says "original" on it, you know it's the farthest thing from the truth.

Did anyone else notice that near the end (20:47) when he shows the underside of the "super dodgy" circuit board, the solder joints near the bottom edge look like little skulls? How appropriate!

oh boy oh boy oh boy. DGW gettin back to his roots.

electrocution house burner is now my new favorite word for crappy phone charges

I like these dangerous USB chargers videos. It is good that you show these chargers for the death traps that they potentially are. Anybody considering buying a new charger for their phone, tablet, etc should watch your videos before buying anything. I had to buy a new charger for my phone recently and decided to pay the money for a Belkin 60 watt dual charger which delivers 30 watts on each USB C port. It supports all of the necessary communication support with the devices connected to it to set the right charge voltage and current. It would be nice as a comparison if you could test a Belkin charger and tear it down just to show what a properly engineered charger circuit should look like. I love your videos by the way keep up the good work!

Looks like primary and secondary windings are also touching in the first charger. 9:59

Damn man, you've been gettin good mileage out of your sisters molten hair dryer.

186 degrees is already a fire hazard if you happen to have any paper or wood dust in the air.

Danke! Thanks a lot to continue this series!

Danyk - you should make some videos about EMC /RFI supression and why buyers should care. Also a video about Output Voltage Ripple, why it matters, and what level is acceptable

Bloody hell can cook a bacon sandwich on that one 190⁰ 😂😂😂

It always makes me smile when you say Super Dodgy :D

I love to see that Super Dodgy sign.

This is why manufacturers should still provide OEM charger!! Over 1000 euros(!!) for a phone and no charger, while 100 - 200 € phone comes with charger and headphones. Or make it that while buying phone offer OEM charger for 5 €! I bought 29.9€ Honor supercharger (66 Watts and comes with good cable) not a bad price, but before it came with phone..

There are so many Amazon chargers that get so hot they can boil water when charging something stupid like a smartwatch.

Thank you. I never tire of these videos.

" Bloody Hell !" you need to use this more often as it is your catch phrase :)

Its a good day when dodgy power supplies returns

Thanks for showing the horrible ripple on the second charger. That ripple alone may damage your phone and other devices.

used to watch this channel 5 years ago, came back and im happy that hes still making videos!

You, Sir, are a legend... I love that "Доджий" verdict said in your beautiful Eastern Europe accent😁

12:48 awesome 'shortcut', nice content DGW, thanks a lot for this vid 🤜🤛

I would buy the second charger solely for the beauty of the coloured connectors 😄

That second charger is a public health hazard with the mylar film capacitor. Made about as cheap as possible. The solder work on the circuit boards look like it's all by hand, it's too messy looking for a machine.

I always enjoy a Super Dodgy!

My day has been lit up like the house that leaves these plugged in

Diode grilling party. I love your terminology

Series is back lets goooo

Unreal temperature, how long that silicon can last. I have always thought that if I was making something electronic, the temperature of the component above 80-90 °C is fatal. And that is not the case at all. But apparently it brutally reduces the long-term life.

Haha, I could tell that the second one wasn't going to be very good... The first one was also really nice, getting over 180 degrees C whilst in operation! Electrocution houseburners!

That's why we moved to lead free solder. Leaded would desolder itself at operating temperatures of modern electronics.

Thank you for these videos! They are awesome, funny, informative and just great

Fantastic video! What kind of thermal imaging camera are you using? Its so small and the resolution is really good. No wonder these chargers are suspiciously low priced when they offer so much.

6:40 😂😂😂 bloody hell! I laughed so much. that is really hot, i wonder how it didn't fried by being on for 3 hours.

Very good video again:)

Quick charge is a proprietary tech, you technically need to pay royalty on every charger that uses it. Thats why the chips are unmarked.

Interesting way to thermally fuse your crappy power supply: Get the ICs to literally drip of the board.

Absolutely live this series

Love this. I am always interested in SMPS because its my work xD and your videos are always nice to see.

It would be fun to megger (insulation tester) these things and watch them arc over at high voltage. I think BigClive did it to a few.

Those not a "dirt and burns" on the table, those are battle scars.

Ďakujem za ďalšie video z tejto poučnej série, tieto dva kúsky naozaj stáli za to.

really happy xiaomi actually gave me the 120w charger packaged with the phone. even charges a macbook quickly, didn't expect that. wish i had your knowledge and equipment. really wana know if it actually reaches 120w

Love your videos! Thank you for exposing these dodgy chargers.. Wouldn't want my $1000 Iphone to be damaged by that ripple...

180 °C! And that's outside of the box! I can imagine it desoldering itself!!

2:50 It may also be a Y2 capacitor as the Y class is always suitable for mains to grounded or mains to touchable. Often, ceramic Y2 capacitors also carry the X1 designator, but Y1 is more rare and expensive.

Este csnal es cool

The true house fire starter

On the first one, it's hard to call it "thermal protection" if it cuts out at 190C; that's nearly enough to combust paper. However, it's surprising that the transformers had reasonable separation between layers. The second one might actually be safer because it can't sustain enough current to bake itself. Failing to reach 2A of current is both a fraudulent claim *and* a safety feature. 680mV PP ripple on a 5V supply is not a useful feature, though, and the transformer is deadly.

Very nice, I own the first charger (but never used it for anything serious).

Nice bro, i follow you since first videos, keep it up 🎉

Cracked and poor solder at minute 3:30... nice😂

When specifying a transformer like this It must be made clear that the auxiliary winding requires extra insulation from the secondary. Perhaps this was done but the manufacturer ignored the engineer’s instructions. Maybe the samples were made correctly but the production transformers were not. Always keep an eye open when having your product made in China.

and of course I really like videos like this, which dig deeper into chargers, and of course don't forget the cats😅

I'm right with you when it comes safely but I'd just like to note that bloody hot is not a fire

Waited for Months 🙂

How the chip is not blowing up at that temperature? Isn't the max operating temp 150 deg

What about those wall sockets and extension cords with USB included? I guess only the finest super dodgy technology. And it's always connected and waiting for meltdown or to make things electro-cute.

Damn 186 Celcius I wonder how long this charger would take before it explodes!

Some audiences might want to see the 2000V primary to secondary insulation test on these dodgy chargers (buy 2, tear down one, HV test the other)

i created an contraption to fast charge 16850 with a power bank board and a two headed charger (that has 2 transformers) and the strain that i knew the charger was going to get made me put a fan, ironically enough the capacitor of the unused side popped but the side being beat to oblivion was fine. but i changed the cap now the unused side works fine again. Also passive cooling is useless on chargers, but in my case the fan didn't let it get even warm. (the board was exposed to the direct air which is extremely dangerous but i made a new case to it)

The C1-118 (S1-118 / С1-118) oscilloscope was produced in Lithuania.

Thank you

Kindly make video on how QC charger feedback circuit work because it is giving 5V,9v and 12V output

I love when you say niiicee :D

I guess the markings on the second charger only mean that power comes out, and it has a brand. That indicator light would be awesome if it back lit the brand name from the wrong side of the board.

at least the first charger functioned as advertised

I hope you had your fire extinguisher beer nearby during testing? Even I was feeling uncomfortable with how hot those chargers were getting!

Can you do a video series about vacuum tube tesla coils? I have seen that you have made some

The Chinese don't know what thermal management is, point. They can build a power supply, but I guess they've never learned about heat.

I love your cat🥰😍

Thank U man.

Oh My god, and they are selling these room heaters still?

mayve try test phone charger thermal limits external fan cooling.lets how far you could push them with cooling

Can you take a look at some other Chinese chargers, but supposedly good ones? You know like BaseUs, Ugreen or more recently Essager.

Your advise is sort, I have just purchased second hand RIGOL DS1052E 50MHz Dual Channel Oscilloscope. There is a hack to upgrade to 100MHz is it safe to do so ?

Don't turn it on, take it apaaaaaart!

please can you cook the dodgy capacitor in the second one on 400VAC ? just to see what happens

Very thankyou 😊

They could have used the SR502, 3 or 4 instead of the SR510 The other variants have 20, 30 and 40V reverse voltage, which is plenty for a 5V supply, instead of the 100V of the SR510 But also they have only 0.55V forward voltage instead of 0.85V which results in 0.6W less loss at 2A That would reduced its temperature from 110°C to only 80°C This exact diode must have laid around somewhere for cheap, there is no reason to put in a 100V one

CY and C3 were swapped during manufacture

Looks like I'll have to look elsewhere for chargers with ports colored like Skittles.

****SUPER __DODGY☠***....T-Shirt...

Oh no, I've been telling my relatives to only buy "original" chargers for years...

NICE 👌👍

It’s the tiny electrolytics that have 400v rating in these chargers that get me. They really need to tighten up on LVD regulations. They run these these components right on the bleeding edge.

2:04 in the middle there is the optocoupler.

@DiodeGoneWild I have some stuff, including potentially dangerous USB chargers, I would like to send you. Is that possible?

Where is Kofola ?

Bir izleyici olarak acaba benim bir ricam olacak senden infinix 45 watt'lık şarj aletini de bize gösterebilir misin onun mekanik içini nasıl yapıldığını çok merak ediyorum.

What does Yellow/Violet/Gold/Gold/Black means on the fusible resistor? (@3:03) I never did learn what these bands mean.

The second charger was an "original" design alright ... an original, more dangerous supply than usual. But at least it has fancy multi-colored ports!

“Let’s bake it.” I thought it was going into the ETA bread maker.😮

13:50 that "Y" capacitor is apparently already cracking?

One year later phone chargers will be input = mains Output= mains And no transformer inside Super fast charger for human body😂

I'm surprised it didn't auto desolder itself.

for second, they looks like misplaced green and blue capacitors. blue must be on a CY place

where do you get that Usb voltage selector from

The safety separation gap between high and low voltage side doesn't actually need to be 1mm so i think it is unfair to always say its to small and dodgy. And for testing before destructive disassembly i would like to see you use an high voltage insulation tester and test between high and low side at about 500volt. Ive tested a few dodgy ones myself to 1000v without arcing, didn't try higher since i still use it 😅. Short both input ac connections and put one test probe here, short all output cables and the other test pin here. If you don't short them you can fry the internals by the static high voltage without it even arcing