No, all you have to do is look for the UL / CE / CCIB / whatever competent safety regulator is valid in your part of the world. Assuming they didn't just silkscreen the logos on for profit, the charger should be safe, if not effective and long lasting.
Although we don't have detailed reports, there isn't anything on the newswires to indicate that the victim was trying to defibrillate herself with the charger.
Perhaps she was channeling an old episode of McGyver?
You can charge an iDevice from any USB source. An iPad might charge slowly from a low amp source, but it will charge. They're bolt standard USB devices in this respect.
As you point out, the unlucky victim could well have been using an Android device or, heaven forbid, a Blackberry.
Although it really does take a whole bunch of incompetence to make a USB charger that will actually present mains voltage to the device case.
Maybe we should dispense a couple of iodine tablets with each set of mod points. Then, the mods will be smarter and protected against the effects of runaway nuclear reactors.
Bwahahaha! Moderators Rule the World!!!!!
(oops. Lithium deficiency again. This salt thing is really complicated.)
Even if you could install Linux or Android, it would still have the MICROSOFT logo on it. That would be as embarrassing as a guy going to school wearing his younger sisters old clothes.
TOTAL geek fail here. You can break a bootloader but you can't place a dab of DUCT TAPE on the logo?
Spray yourself with WD-40 and do a dozen Hail Stahlmans.
I think the perfect device for scaring people out of your backyard would be some low power red lasers hooked to a motion sensor. Bonus points for a tracking setup.
And rope lights and other small, usually LED lights. Put the light where you need it.
After fiddling around with a bunch of solutions, I ended up buying some Chinese motion sensor LED spots that were run off D batteries. After a bit more aggressive weatherproofing involving a touch of WD 40 and some duct tape (true story - the WD 40 gets a spot sprayed inside on the contacts, the tape surrounds the one external opening), they''ve lasted an entire SE Alaska winter. They are all at just about ground level, just light up the path to the house and shut off after a few moments. I had originally planned to run some low voltage wiring to them to avoid the battery swaps, but the batts seem to last 6- 8 months so I doubt I will bother.
I've only had one unit fail so far - they're standard Chinese modest quality - so I doubt they will last for years, but I'm sure I'll want to try something else by then. Maybe some lasers.
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No, all you have to do is look for the UL / CE / CCIB / whatever competent safety regulator is valid in your part of the world. Assuming they didn't just silkscreen the logos on for profit, the charger should be safe, if not effective and long lasting.
You continue to use something that sparks when you plug it in?
I'd check to ensure that your various insurance policies are adequate and paid up.
Makes little difference if you burnup firstist.
100-220 V at 60 Hz can be lethal fairly quickly. You don''t need a hell of a lot of amperage, so a thin wire can handle it briefly.
Actually, I stand corrected. It takes only ordinary incompetence to make a USB charger that will present mains voltage to the device case.
Remember guys, size matters.
Although we don't have detailed reports, there isn't anything on the newswires to indicate that the victim was trying to defibrillate herself with the charger.
Perhaps she was channeling an old episode of McGyver?
You can charge an iDevice from any USB source. An iPad might charge slowly from a low amp source, but it will charge. They're bolt standard USB devices in this respect.
As you point out, the unlucky victim could well have been using an Android device or, heaven forbid, a Blackberry.
Although it really does take a whole bunch of incompetence to make a USB charger that will actually present mains voltage to the device case.
Madre di dios.
I hope those folks get paid well and have good mental health benefits. It would be like screening for child porn - you'd never be the same.
I hope your karma is up to this. You're gonna get pounded.
Righto.
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OK, the comfy chair it is!
OK, fine.
Here's a solution: NSA takes their entire email database and dumps it out to Wikileaks.
We'll take it from there. Gratis.
Profit!
Perchance were you working in or near a nuclear power generating facility?
'Informative'.
Right.
Maybe we should dispense a couple of iodine tablets with each set of mod points. Then, the mods will be smarter and protected against the effects of runaway nuclear reactors.
Bwahahaha! Moderators Rule the World!!!!!
(oops. Lithium deficiency again. This salt thing is really complicated.)
Education is a weapon whose effect depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed." -Joseph Stalin.
So, we're busy shooting our feet off?
Makes sense.
RIM was trying to bump start the Playbook. I think that Microsoft is trying to bump off the RT tablet.
Even if you could install Linux or Android, it would still have the MICROSOFT logo on it. That would be as embarrassing as a guy going to school wearing his younger sisters old clothes.
TOTAL geek fail here. You can break a bootloader but you can't place a dab of DUCT TAPE on the logo?
Spray yourself with WD-40 and do a dozen Hail Stahlmans.
You must be new here!
I try to keep the SWAT team out of my back yard. Their APCs mess up the lawn.
I think the perfect device for scaring people out of your backyard would be some low power red lasers hooked to a motion sensor. Bonus points for a tracking setup.
Didn't get invited to the Christmas party again?
And rope lights and other small, usually LED lights. Put the light where you need it.
After fiddling around with a bunch of solutions, I ended up buying some Chinese motion sensor LED spots that were run off D batteries. After a bit more aggressive weatherproofing involving a touch of WD 40 and some duct tape (true story - the WD 40 gets a spot sprayed inside on the contacts, the tape surrounds the one external opening), they''ve lasted an entire SE Alaska winter. They are all at just about ground level, just light up the path to the house and shut off after a few moments. I had originally planned to run some low voltage wiring to them to avoid the battery swaps, but the batts seem to last 6- 8 months so I doubt I will bother.
I've only had one unit fail so far - they're standard Chinese modest quality - so I doubt they will last for years, but I'm sure I'll want to try something else by then. Maybe some lasers.
Or, just don't hand your phone to people carrying silly looking robot parts that want to borrow your device for "19 hours".
Problem solved!
I was just pulling your rhetorical leg. The F-35 (as I am sure you are aware) is anything but inexpensive.
Cheap? You called an F-35 cheap?
Who are you really - Daddy Warbucks?
We all get BS. And plenty of it. Doesn't take being in the top of your class....