Questions tagged [consumer]
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Is scavenging parts from consumer electronics for own commercial products, a good idea?
I have a product that I'm trying to bring to market. For prototype I pulled a camera PCB from an old webcam. It so happens that because my volume of production is low it is actually three times cheaper to buy brand new webcams and pull the PCB and…

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Ground Fault Protection In Consumer Electronics
Medical devices have to meet ground fault/isolation requirements such as 60601-1 (link). Particularly galvanic isolation is required on power and data lines to avoid a fault conditions that could electrocute somebody. Do consumer electronics have…

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Why would a LED torch chirr?
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
An old bicycle headlamp + battery pack. The batteries were 3.7V li-ion but broke down. I don't know how were they connected in the pack thus assume serial connection (output voltage 3.7V…

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I lost a device's power adapter, what should i seek for a new power adapter?
i bought an expensive desk lamp from the US called Lumiy Lightsblade 1500s, i lost the power adapter, so my questions are as you are electrical engineers:
1) can i use it in israel (The standard voltage is 230 V and the standard frequency is 50 Hz.)…

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