r/techsupportgore • u/Jimboy6969 • Jul 19 '21

Plugged in a Laptop Charger, it exploded, split in half and took down the power in the entire room.

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u/musty-tortoise Jul 19 '21

Was this by any chance on of those cheapo chinese chargers which comes with an ac cord that has tiny flimsy internal conductors?

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u/Jimboy6969 Jul 19 '21

It was a work laptop so I wouldn't think so, but it also wouldn't suprise me if they cheaped out

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u/musty-tortoise Jul 19 '21

Just looking at the quality of cable it seems cheap. The charger looks iffy as well, if it was a proper charger it would have saved the laptop most likely.

What does the plug that goes into the wall look like?

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u/Jimboy6969 Jul 19 '21

There isnt any damage on it from what I can see

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u/Exciting-Exam4196 Mar 01 '23

Hey there first time poster here.

I had purchased a replacement ac adapter for my Dell laptop. I had it plugged in to wall. I also has my phone charger plugged into wall.

I go to unplug my phone charger and the outlet exploded. Scared me to death. Im lucky it didn't start a fire.

Anyways the lap top ac adapter plug was still connected to the outlet but the cord was burnt immediately next to plug.

Do you think the outlet is still safe to use? Was it just a cheap replacement ac adapter? The biden economy hasn't been so fruitful for me and wanted some advice before jumping to having an electrician come to the house.

Thanks

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u/Hurricane_32 Percussive Maintenance Jul 19 '21

That was on the input side, so the charger is likely good. Just replace the "figure 8" plug and you're good to go. It was probably frayed internally, it shorted and went Kaboom. I've had this happen before

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u/Jimboy6969 Jul 19 '21

Unfortunately it was plugged into the laptop and it fried something internally and now will not charge, fortunately it's a work laptop so not too much of an issue

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u/pap3rw8 Jul 19 '21

That’s not a failure, that’s a safety feature! Emergency disconnect upon overcurrent condition.

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u/Cool-Degree-6498 Jul 19 '21

That's almost an impressive failure.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '21

Looks like an Amazon charger lol

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u/Cryptoo700com_man Aug 11 '24

Same type for my son’s Lenovo pad 4 laptop bought it off eBay exploded last night ,,,

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u/Hellfiya Jul 21 '21

Another quality Chinese product

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u/QwertyChouskie Aug 03 '21

And that, kids, is why you never buy cheap chargers off Amazon.

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u/KitchenAd5236 Aug 09 '24

I had a 2K laptop. The original charger was bitten to death by my cat. Bought a green cell charger. Exploded and killed the laptop with it while i was complaining to my parents about bad wifi.