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Teardown of an IKEA Koppla USB power supply.

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What it is

Big Clive takes apart an IKEA Koppla USB power supply to assess its safety, looking at isolation and transformer construction.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited as a teardown of a well-made, safe USB charger, and as evidence for why quality chargers matter.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “Watch these USB charger teardown horror-shows to further understand why it's rational to pay for proper”

    Teardowns show why quality chargers matter.

    BrailleHunting, 2017-03 · Recommendation · in “Man dies charging iPhone while in the bath”

  2. “Also of interest is this teardown of the Koppla USB power supply”

    Teardown of a well-made IKEA USB power supply.

    fnord123, 2017-04 · Recommendation · in “A quick look at the Ikea Trådfri lighting platform”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: teardown, ikea, power supply, isolation, electronics

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