Dangerous laptop charger -- in pictures
Had this charger been near to flammable items, there was a real chance that it would have ignited that, and who knows where things might have gone from there.
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It got hotter than this before going POP!
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The heat melted the plastic, making it soft and exposing the internals.
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Melted cable.
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Melted connector.
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Lots of damage inside.
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Blackened circuit board.
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Kibbles and bit inside!
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Very overheated!
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The blown capacitor.
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Counterfeit fuse.
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It should have silica sand inside, this one does not.
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