redrumloa wrote:
Give up while you are behind, you will not win this argument. You are just making things far worse for yourself.
How so? I'm just reading and responding for the entertainment value. I'm not trying to win any argument, was just trying to point out what seemed obvious to me. I'm not one of the parties involved in this but still, I can't believe that people are getting so worked up over this very minor issue. Very entertaining though...
:popcorn:
You know, I could show you lots of articles about laptops catching on fire because of faulty or overloaded batteries. What percentage is that? So does that mean I should not use a laptop for fear that my house is going to burn down? I probably have a better chance at getting hit by a bus walking across the street. I'm sure there are articles on the web about that happening too but it doesn't mean I'm going to stop walking across the street!
The wall warts were plugged into an extension cord... yes. Were the two wall warts drawing more power than the extension cord could handle... I highly doubt it.
The fact of the matter is, someone bought a home made cheap power supply for $35. It died after only a few uses and they were ticked off. After opening it up they were even more upset to see that the power supply was a crudely constructed thing. Just because the solution was crude doesn't mean it wasn't safe. I haven't seen one thing in any of these threads that suggests to me that there was anything unsafe about it. Crude - yes, should have worked - yes, worth $35 - sure ($15 of labour for someone to buy the parts and put it together seems right)...
Would I have been upset if I was in that situation? Maybe. But once I realized the dual power requirements... what other cheap home made solution is possible?
Wow, what a lot of fighting over something so trivial. I can't imagine what the reaction would be to a really important or serious issue.
:-D
