Dell power adaptors?

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Is this due unmotivated flawed engineering?

http://news.com.com/Millions+of+Dell+power+adapters+recalled/2100-1041_3-5403129.html

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

On 09 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT, the renowned

Is this due unmotivated flawed engineering?

http://news.com.com/Millions+of+Dell+power+adapters+recalled/2100-1041_3-5403129.html

Taiwanese engineering?
Sloppy safety agency approval?
Chinese manufacturing?
American purchasing?

Delta is a well-established Taiwanese company.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

 

[Joel Kolstad]

Is this due unmotivated flawed engineering?

More likely due to trying to squeeze the last penny out of the design. Such
efforts tend to make designs very sensitive to everything in the
manufacturing process going just right.

 

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More likely due to trying to squeeze the last penny out of the design. Such
efforts tend to make designs very sensitive to everything in the
manufacturing process going just right.

Maybe better start buying the ac adaptor on your own.. esp those nice 12V
versions.. Can't be worse

 

[Tim Shoppa]

On 09 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT, the renowned



Taiwanese engineering?
Sloppy safety agency approval?
Chinese manufacturing?
American purchasing?

American lawyers.

Tim.

 

[Tim Shoppa]

More likely due to trying to squeeze the last penny out of the design. Such
efforts tend to make designs very sensitive to everything in the
manufacturing process going just right.

Where I work we have literally hundreds of Dell laptops that use
the affected adapters. None have blown up in the spectacular way that
seems to motivate the recall (?? I've never actually seen the supposed
failure mode mentioned ??), but many have failed due to the
wire or insulation failure at the plug's strain relief due to physical abuse
or just plain use.

Tim.

 

[John Larkin]

On 09 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT,

Is this due unmotivated flawed engineering?

http://news.com.com/Millions+of+Dell+power+adapters+recalled/2100-1041_3-5403129.html

Seven overheats out of 4.4 million units = 1.6 PPM failure rate.

Zero injuries out of 4.4 million units = 0.00 PPM injury rate.

That's hardly "flawed engineering."

John

 

[Pooh Bear]

On 09 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT, the renowned


Taiwanese engineering?
Sloppy safety agency approval?
Chinese manufacturing?
American purchasing?

Delta is a well-established Taiwanese company.

If there's a genuine design fault, the approvals process *should* have picked it up.

I'm wondering what 'overheat' means in the context of the supplied link.


Graham

 

[David Lesher]

If there's a genuine design fault, the approvals process *should* have picked it up.

I'm wondering what 'overheat' means in the context of the supplied link.

A friend had a Mac/ Delta supply that was being recalled. Hers
smoldered during a law school exam to the point the proctors almost
called the fire dept.