.:madworm:.'s photos with the keyword: powersupply

Crappy substrate

31 May 2013 129
This pad delaminated instantly! I barely touched it with 300°C.

More than expected

31 May 2013 168
To be honest, I didn't expect to see a smoothng cap in there.

Lack of copper again

It claims 12V...

31 May 2013 125
I say: LIAR.

A bit more than 12V

31 May 2013 141
That wall-wart is a piece of crap. It claims to spit out 12V DC, capable of 500mA. I used my dummy-load to test it a bit. I had to pull close to 700mA out of it to make its output drop to 12V. It will go into the recycling bin right away. Fortuitously I found a switch-mode power supply that goes up to 15V. I'll use that one instead. As the wallwart only consisted of a transformer, rectifier diodes and a cap, all the battery charging logic must be in the car-jump-start device itself. Shouldn't be an issue.