Is the market demand really so biased to this line voltage
I have one of these Atten 858D on it's way from Hong Kong. I was planning on a teardown to check for issues, even whithout knowing of this topic. Now that I read it it's definitely getting a thorough inspection.
Nicest surprise from the chinese QC was a extension cord that had "one of the other wires" and ground swithed over. Since I live in Europe, our plugs don't care for polarity. First time I plugged it in it worked fine because the neutral went to ground and vice-versa, which it did anyway in the panel board(no RCD). Second time I plugged it the other way around and got hot on the chassis ground. As a bonus the equipment that's plugged in was not working, so it begged for me to touch it.
I then realized there's a problem, opened the extension cord and checked for continuity, since the colors were right (yellow/green to ground) and found out that they were switched over insinde the moulded plug. It wasn't my cord to throw away, so I text labeled them and soldered them the correct way.
Is the market demand really so biased to this line voltage
Well, yes. The exceptions to 240VAC 50Hz consist of: The USA, Canada, Japan, and various South American countries.
The entire planet uses 240V 50Hz with the exception of those under the thumb of the US.
In terms of the hot air wand, there are no signs of grinding or hacking of the fan enclosure to make it fit. Likewise all wires are well attached to the PCB with no large stretches of bare copper exposed or anything like that seen in other stations.
So after strain relief was fitted to the mains cable, the mains earth wire re-attached, and the active and neutral swapped around plus a bit of tidying up and re-bundling of wires, the station was good to go.
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Dear Monkeh:
--You said "The entire planet uses 240V 50Hz with the exception of those under the thumb of the US.". An interesting an provocative assertion. I would be very interested to see any evidence of the US forcing countries "under its thumb" to use 240V 50Hz. Do you have any similar theories about which side of an automobile the steering wheel is on?
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence"
Carl Sagan 1934-1996
Best Regards
Clear Ether
Is it just me, or does the resistor in the bottom left corner look like it has a bad solder job?
Just got one of these, and tore it right the heck apart. I was very surprised that find everything in order.
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There was even a shiny holographic Q.C. sticker on the outside. Of course the sticker did say "Qenuine Q.C. Passed". I guess they spell "genuine" with a 'Q' in China.
Fized cable with Euro plug supplied with travel adapter, will put iec socket or replace cable.
You know you can replace the plug without changing the entire cable.. right?
You know you can replace the plug without changing the entire cable.. right?
ha ha yes, but Ill just chop the iec plug off a spare iec mains cable and use that so has moulded mains plug on the other end. I work in IT so I always have spare free iec cables around.
Oh and anyone know what this is?
I am sure it is obvious but I cant see it...
Anthony