Teardown of an IKEA Koppla USB power supply.

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What it is

Big Clive takes apart an IKEA Koppla USB power supply to assess its safety, looking at isolation and transformer construction.

Cited as a teardown of a well-made, safe USB charger, and as evidence for why quality chargers matter.

“Watch these USB charger teardown horror-shows to further understand why it's rational to pay for proper”
Teardowns show why quality chargers matter.
BrailleHunting, 2017-03 · Recommendation · in “Man dies charging iPhone while in the bath”
“Also of interest is this teardown of the Koppla USB power supply”
Teardown of a well-made IKEA USB power supply.
fnord123, 2017-04 · Recommendation · in “A quick look at the Ikea Trådfri lighting platform”

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Topics: teardown, ikea, power supply, isolation, electronics