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Batteries: Find the fake(s)
Circlotron:
--- Quote from: temperance on April 20, 2020, 10:06:44 pm ---Nice, along the same lines: how about this fake PFC inductors?
https://www.hardwareinsights.com/gmx-smartqc-atx-550h-review/4/
https://hardwareinsights.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Fake-PFC-2.jpg
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Yep...
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/dishonest-chinese-power-supply-_engineering_/
Domagoj T:
I'm gona go with Energizer AAA, but for a different reason than above.
There looks to be only 2 of them in the pack, but also real Energizer AAAs are packed vertically. :-//
DrG:
--- Quote from: Domagoj T on April 21, 2020, 11:33:41 am ---I'm gona go with Energizer AAA, but for a different reason than above.
There looks to be only 2 of them in the pack, but also real Energizer AAAs are packed vertically. :-//
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Not sure why those AAA Energizers gave a couple of people trouble. I think it might just be the (could be better) photography.
DrG:
--- Quote from: james_s on April 21, 2020, 04:21:59 am ---I thought those "D" batteries looked a bit small, but it's hard to tell from a 2D photo. Still they'll probably be effective, I doubt the average person is gonna notice the marking.
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I have actually never used them to hide anything...maybe I should put a $20 bill in case of emergency or something. I agree that, in a bag full of batteries, you are not going to notice them but geeze, if you're making labels for AA, C and D size fake batteries, label them correctly. I bought them on impulse in the days when I would get a bag-o-junk from bang and it would take so long to arrive that I would forget what I got and it was like a holiday 'gift'...ahhh good times :)
SiliconWizard:
Well, if you need a D size battery, you need a D size. If you buy a D and it's a C, you're not going to do much with it, regardless of the capacity. So obviously if those are actually sold as D, it's just not going to work. Now if they are sold as C and are just mislabeled as D, it's less of a problem, but it doesn't change the fact they are a scam. :-DD
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