Hey everyone,
I had a particularly scary situation earlier today. Smoke started pouring out the USB charging socket in one of these typical 12v control panels. It looks like the USB socket has gone wild. Fortunately smoke alarm kicked in. The fridge was on and the USB was in use to charge a phone say 8 amps total draw? the fridge I think draws 6amps when the compressor kicks in, and usb socket say 2.1a. The control panel comes with individual 15a fuses on each switch and I think I have a 15a fuse in the main supply to the control panel as well.
Can anyone tell me why it would melt like this? loose connection? faulty USB socket? crap manufacturing all the wiring etc. is legit and was checked by leccy neighbour.
I had a particularly scary situation earlier today. Smoke started pouring out the USB charging socket in one of these typical 12v control panels. It looks like the USB socket has gone wild. Fortunately smoke alarm kicked in. The fridge was on and the USB was in use to charge a phone say 8 amps total draw? the fridge I think draws 6amps when the compressor kicks in, and usb socket say 2.1a. The control panel comes with individual 15a fuses on each switch and I think I have a 15a fuse in the main supply to the control panel as well.
Can anyone tell me why it would melt like this? loose connection? faulty USB socket? crap manufacturing all the wiring etc. is legit and was checked by leccy neighbour.