Re: Fake Apple USB Chargers

Dec 20, 2017 3 Replies

Followup: I have gone inside the very convincing fake Applee A1385 cube:



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I have a much nastier one than that, also good-looking from the outside.

This one is a 2-transistor Royer running full blast into a 5.1V, 1W zener diode. The zener unsoldered itself from the board.

Bastards.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

Dr Philip C D Hobbs Principal Consultant ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics Briarcliff Manor NY 10510 http://electrooptical.net https://hobbs-eo.com

You could share photos of that with Sam for his article. Perhaps someone will spot that prior to buying that junk on eBay or Amazon.

Heck I'd like to see pictures of that junk just to remind me and my staff/friends/family to be careful with what one buys...

Thanks,

John :-#)#

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Went looking for it and it turns out that one of my tidier colleagues tossed it. Oh, well.

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Phil Hobbs

Dr Philip C D Hobbs Principal Consultant ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics Briarcliff Manor NY 10510 http://electrooptical.net https://hobbs-eo.com

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