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Anyone fitted these new sockets with integral usb charger slots? I've found you have to disconnect a supply wire when doing IR test.. might seem obvious with hindsight but caught me out the first time :dunce2:
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Don't see how you can IR test them connected.. Does the transformer magically disconnect for the test? Or maybe they were designed by VW?Fitted a masterplug one from wickes in my house other week, it said in the destructions you could IR them and they even state the reading it should give, but leaving them connected will give you misleading results anyway.
Anyone seen the "thingy charger"? At least that can be unplugged!
So if there was another fault elsewhere on the circuit of say 1milli ohm or more, the reading of the socket would mask it as the tester would record the lowest reading of 0.4mohm!? The lowest acceptable reading is 1 Megohm!! And it doesn't say across which wires either..
I did a board change a couple of weeks ago, the bloke had 10, yes ten of these USB sockets, and yes they give a false load, and did I disconnect them? Like hell did I.
I put one in my house, to reduce the cutter. One of the usb sockets has stopped working, 6 months old!Still dont understand these, how do you charge your device when away from home, not in the same room as the USB socket, what happens when the USB socket stops working. Also I believe there is no BS at the minute for the USB socket!
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