Monie 1.5A usb charger XH-20

DSC_5632

Official specifications:
DSC_5601 DSC_5619


DSC_5631 DSC_5633

DSC_5635 DSC_5636 DSC_5637




Measurements

Monie%20230V%20load%20sweep

The charger do not live up to the 1.5A rating, it can barely deliver 1A.

Monie%20120V%20load%20sweep

At 120VAC the maximum current is 0.95A

Monie%20230V%20load%20test

I did the 1 hour test at 0.9A at it could handle that.
The temperature photos below are taken between 30 minutes and 60 minutes into the one hour test.

Temp3382

M1: 56,4°C, M2: 49,2°C, HS1: 66,3°C
It looks like the hot part in this supply is the transformer.

Temp3383

M1: 49,7°C, HS1: 55,9°C

Temp3384

HS1: 71,0°C

Temp3385

M1: 60,0°C, M2: 53,1°C, HS1: 60,9°C
The rectifier diode do also generate heat (HS1).

Temp3386

M1: 49,6°C, HS1: 66,6°C

10ohm

Noise at 0.5A load is: 224mV rms and 1500mVpp.

5ohm

Noise at 1A load is: 260mV rms and 2690mVpp.



Tear down

DSC_6030

A bit pressure from my vice and the lid popped open and could be removed.

DSC_6031

At the input is a fusible resistor. There is no safety capacitor, but a 1kV capacitor (Very bad).
The output is rectified with a round leaded diode (D4).

DSC_6033 DSC_6034

I checked the blue capacitor on the other side and it did say 1kV. The mains input connectors looks very corroded.

DSC_6035 DSC_6036

DSC_6032

The bridge rectifier (D1) is placed here, together with a switcher chip (U1)

DSC_6037


DSC_6038 DSC_6040

Isolation distance is rather low with about 2 to 2.5mm (It has to be around 6mm).

It passed the 2830 volt, but failed 4242 volt test and shorted between mains and low volt side.



Conclusion

The power supply has lot of noise, cannot deliver rated current and is dangerous.

Stay away.



Notes

My high voltage test is done with a real HiPot tester allowing me to use the correct voltages for US and EU.

Index of all tested USB power supplies/chargers
Read more about how I test USB power supplies/charger