$1 cable from china. Don't know what I was expecting but

>>952887
>$1
>from china
What do you expect

>>952887
>$1
>from china
dont expect

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I'm using a $10 soldering iron at home and I still solder better than this.

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>>952889
/g/ said the same thing.

I was expecting 30+ wire gauge and tiny weak solder joints.
Nothing this bad.

>>952892
You don't expect, you read the specs before you buy stuff, and if it aint right send it back

>>952897
>read the specs
Its a chinese cable.

>>952899
Why did you order if you can't read the specs?

>>952903
Because it's a dollar.

>"you can't really go wrong with justba dollar"

>>952887
if it works why do you care.

>>952903
Specs? For the China $1 reject bin special? They're a complete gamble.
You can get cables like that and stuff that just doesn't work at all, or you can get exactly what's specified and even better.
From crappy LEDs bright enough to blind and resistors well within their 1% tolerance, to convulsing servos and straight up non functional fakes.
Don't expect anything grounded to actually be grounded though.

>>952914
IT FUCKING DOESN'T WORK I GOT IT BACK AS A WARRANTY I'M AT WORK FOR FUCKS SAKE AND THAT SOLDERJOB IS VERY UNSAFE AND CAN START A FIRE IF USED WITH A CHEAP WALLWART THIS ISN'T JUST A MATTER OF IT WORKING OR NOT IT IS A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD!

>>952923
It's not a fire risk you idiot. Here's a challenge for you, show us a video of you starting a fire with it, and I'll buy you a top dollar replacement.

>>952923
Relax buddy. Many of the people replying are in no way surprised by your findings.
Now you know better than to trust nameless sellers overseas with no quality control whatsoever.

>>952923
>cable will see 10w at most
>fire hazard
I didn't know soccer moms from /g/ browsed /diy/

>>952934
If it short circuits the wall wart could start a fire. Especially If It's a cheap one without short circuit protection.

>>952930
If the solder was a tiny fraction closer it would be a short circuit.

>>952934
you can start a fire with much less
>>952930
if the cable is thin enough, perfectly possible for there to be broken/missing strands in cheap wire,it can very easily overheat and melt insulation. if the conductor is hot enough it can burn carpet/paper/wanking socks left on the floor.

it can be difficult to start a fire on purpose but very easy to do it accidentally when the conditions are right

quality control is a good indication of material quality.

i can't believe you fucking crossposted this from /g/ just because nobody else was surprised about >cheap cable is shit

>>952891
>I'm using a $10 soldering iron at home and I still solder better than this.
the usb plug has prolly been desoldered from something else then resoldered to this cable. but yes it's still sloppy. but did you really expect something else? literally nobody here is surprised

>>952937
>>952941
>being someone who cares about fire hazards
>buys shitty wall warts anyways

It would be incredibly difficult to start a fire with only 5V at 2A. Not enough voltage to start fire from arcing, and not enough amperage to heat up enough to ignite the insulation.

Now if the wall adapter itself burst into flames due to being overloaded, that is a problem with the adapter and not the cable.
Anyone who actually cares about safety should know better.
People who die in a fire because they bought the cheapest possible wall wart they could find, earned their Darwin award pretty thoroughly.

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>>952963
>>952934
>>952930
>>952914
>chargers can't start housefires

>>952986
>People who die in a fire because they bought the cheapest possible wall wart they could find, earned their Darwin award pretty thoroughly.

>>952992
>Cheapest possible
>Op bought a $1 delivered cord.

>>952889
I bought a mic from China for $5 for skyping. It took weeks to get to me, but it lasted years, somehow, of literally abuse.

>>952986
>>952997
>Implying I said wall warts couldn't cause fires.
>ignoring the part where I said they could.

>>952986
probably a 'hover board' being charged...

>>953049
Using a $1 cable?

PLUG IT IN PUSSY

>>952892
you officially got chinked my friend

I've bought plenty of wires from china and they've never looked like that.

>>952937
>>952941
>>952986
It's not a fucking mains cable you idiots, it's a USB. Go on, I challenge you. Show me you making fire with this cable.

>>953248
you are a fool.
heat is current dependant, not voltage.

>>952887
>china
you are lucky your item even got to you lol..

>>953256
you re one too

usb has a limit of 500mah start a fire with that ploxxxx

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>from china
>expecting

>>953273
>usb has a limit of 500mah
what is this the 80's?
>mah
grow a brain please

>>953297
This.

My sisters oppo came with a 5A charger.

My g3 came with a 2A charger.

>>952963
Li-ion power packs can start fires if discharged too far thru a shitty cable such as this

>>952887
Fucking buyfags.

>>952887
>>952891
>>952892
Nigga you got ching chonged. You never know what you're going to get.

>>953440
Then the battery pack is the hazard for not having proper protection, not the cable.

>>953440
>>953454
Think of it this way.
The cable is only designed to ever pass 5v at maybe around 2A.
Therefore, when used correctly with safe equipment, this cable is not a fire hazard.

However, if you hook up a bare Li-ion to it then you have created a fire hazard, which is th battery, not the cable.

You don't wire a house for 120v and then run it at 480v industrial.

In the same way, you don't buy a 5v 2a cable and run it at 3.7v at up to 100a surges.

>>953455
>chinese cable
>5v 2A

Good luck getting more than 700mAh without your cable melting.

>>953446
OP here.
This was at work when a customer returned a faulty cable and the plastic slid back when I was putting it away.

I normally rig my own cables up using 20-24awg wire I pull from dead ATX power supplies.

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>>953466
>Good luck getting more than 700mAh without your cable melting.
>more than 700mAh

Just stop.

>>953472
The "h" was accidental.

You know bloody well exactly what I meant

>>953273
this is wholly untrue. USB 3.1 can handle 80 watts man.

>>952923
Fix the short and put electrical tape over it, you paranoid shit. Jesus christ the amount of autism in this post. I can't believe you're scared of a fuckin USB cable.

>>952992
>because they bought the cheapest possible wall wart they could find

All of them are as cheap as they can possibly be made. It has nothing to do with the customer cheaping out.

>>953574
Funny as most name brand wall warts have proper protection while many cheap Chinese ones are just diode droppers.

>>952992
That's dumb, they have a reasonable expectation of it at least being safe, if not efficient or effective. It'd be like saying that people who buy $2 hamburgers and get e coli deserve it.

>>954126
I didn't know you could get different classes of beef circuitry with and without e. coli protection.

>>954138
Its the difference between tacobell and mcdonalds.

>>952892
Did they also tell you to enjoy your housefire?

>>952892
HAHA, looks like the cable where striped with someones teeth.

Why are people so worked up over losing a dollar?

Chinese shit is usually free shipping and cheap as hell, who cares

That said, don't bitch when it's not up to standards

>$1 for a cable

Looks like we have a richfag here. I'm poor so I went with the 65 cent cord

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/1M-2M-3M-Fabric-Nylon-Braided-Micro-USB-Cable-Charger-Data-Sync-USB-Cord-Wire-For/32576761894.html

>>953502
Yeah, but that's USB2.

Specifically, it's Lightning, which is 2.1A/10.5w.

>>954126
>>954138
If you wilfully buy your hamburgers from someone who's not registered with environmental health and got them from a bin behind walmart and hasn't complied with your local regulations regarding food hygiene, refrigeration, and safe handling of meat, then absolutely you deserve your e-coli.

The reason chargers you buy retail are more expensive than chargers you can import through eBay is that chargers sold retail here have to comply with safety standards. If you deliberately get an uncertified electrical product because it's cheaper, you absolutely deserve your house fire.

Especially when you can get a preowned genuine Apple charger for less than $10.