Netgear AXE11000 Nighthawk Tri-Band Wi-Fi 6E router
The Netgear AXE11000 offers combined speeds up to 10.8Gbps, is built around a powerful 1.8GHz quad-core processor, and can deliver fast and reliable connections for up to 60 devices ...
Bangs. Smoke. Sparks. Yes, every time you add a new device to your system, you're increasing the chances of device failure. And some of those failures might even be mildly spectacular.
A visual inspection is really all it needs to come to the conclusion that this was the source of the bang, flash, and smoke. The thing also had that distinctive cooked electronics small to it.
My first guess was that the relay used to switch the load side -- the part of the circuit carrying the heavy current -- had malfunctioned. I've seen that happen a few times, especially when the switch is asked to carry a heavier current than it is rated for (which wasn't the case here, the load was well within the specification of the switch), or it's a cheap switch from a no-name seller (again, not the case).
This deserved a deeper look.
Caption by: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
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