Don't you love Chinese? quality control

[Bustup15]

Niece in Scotland bought an LED driver on line but couldnt get it to work.

Found this when I opened the casing.

Couldn't get a same day delivery for a replacement and as I was leaving in the morning LIDL saved the day with an £11.99 soldering iron

 

[IRHP]

They even give you a spare now

 

[autorouter]

I'm sure you know this already, but that electrolytic capacitor has a positive and negative terminal - if you get it wrong it will blow up and make mess.

 

[David and Sally]

Chinese. Quality. Control. Not usually in the same sentence.

 

[Sue and Rick]

So the cheap thing has just cost an extra £12.

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[Bustup15]

I'm sure you know this already, but that electrolytic capacitor has a positive and negative terminal - if you get it wrong it will blow up and make mess.

Yes, all done and working now

 

[jockaneezer]

I generally treat anything bought online from China as a kit of parts !

 

[Bustup15]

So the cheap thing has just cost an extra £12.

I didn't buy it but got involved sorting out the issue. Cheers.

 

[PP Bear]

 

[PP Bear]

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[mofurt]

Some of the "wall wart" power supplies coming out of China are seriously dangerous - even when they are labelled with CE/UL/UK CA safety compliance. Things like the two halves of the plug not being glued together properly, so they can separate when you try to pull it out of the mains, leaving exposed live components.

 

[dunnah01]

If the quality control was that bad you probably wouldn't be able to post on the forum

 

[David and Sally]

Never trust anything Chinese.

 

[steve69]

How did you figure out where it was supposed to go and which way around?

 

[Madcaravanner]

Never trust anything Chinese.

But everything originates in China

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[steve69]

Never trust anything Chinese.

What choice do you have? Very little is made anywhere else these days.

 

[2x2camper]

Never trust anything Chinese.

Given they produce calipers, discs and pads you may not want to drive your motorhome too fast.

 

[David and Sally]

What choice do you have? Very little is made anywhere else these days.

I know. That’s the worry.

 

[Folkranger]

Just for balance. The Chinese are capable of tremendous quality, many of their parts, components and assemblies are to be found in many western manufacutred products. The electric vehicles and cycles are second to none now.

The problem is that China doesn't have the same regulations as we do and therefore junk and fakes abound with impunity.

 

[PP Bear]

Apparently, one in five people in the world are Chinese. And there are five people in my family, so it must be one of them. It's either my mum or my dad. Or my older brother, Colin. Or my younger brother, Ho-Chan-Chu. But I think it's Colin.

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[Nico]

Absolutely love it - Colin!

 

[Bustup15]

How did you figure out where it was supposed to go and which way around?

It's marked on the pcb and on the component

 

[Bustup15]

Never trust anything Chinese.

But I like CHICKEN CHOW SUEY WITH FRIED RICE!

Edit - sorry didn't mean to shout

 

[autorouter]

The problem is that China doesn't have the same regulations as we do and therefore junk and fakes abound with impunity.

Is that really the problem? Cheap Chinese rubbish has always been available in third-world countries in the bazaars etc. Tight EU regulations kept it out of our part of Europe. I wonder what has changed in the last few years that means this rubbish now is getting into our shops and online stores?

 

[gus-lopez]

Is that really the problem? Cheap Chinese rubbish has always been available in third-world countries in the bazaars etc. Tight EU regulations kept it out of our part of Europe. I wonder what has changed in the last few years that means this rubbish now is getting into our shops and online stores?

They ship it part made to europe ,italy usually, then assemble & voila! Made in the Eu on the label & sells at a higher price. Been doing it with clothes for years & why italy was the hub of the covid start as the continuous flow of chinese back & forth was the crysalis.

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[jockaneezer]

Big Clive on YouTube strips and reverse engineers Chinese electricals, some of them are actual death traps and only require a minute amount of work to make them safe, but they choose not to ?