Be aware that buying electrical items from Ali Express might not be too clever.

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• princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You say this like a lot of the stuff you buy from Aussie shelves isn’t bought in bulk from the exact same suppliers as Aliexpress. You just need to do the work to find reputable stores. If it’s the cheapest price available, and the store has a bunch of random numbers in its name, pawbably give it a miss.

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  • Salvo@aussie.zone ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The difference is testing and warranty.

    If you buy it local, it has to adhere to ACCC guidelines.

    They will import 50, do local quality control, send back the defective ones and sell what is left at a markup.

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    • princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      If you think QC is happening locally, then I have a bridge across the Yangtze to sell you bestie.

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  • DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zone ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Sorry for pointing something out…

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    • princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Sorry, it just came across as the whole “China makes low-quality goods” racism that’s been around for decades at this point.

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  • EmilyIsTrans@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Stuff you buy from physical Aussie store shelves have been validated to meet our standards though. Doesn’t stop me from buying plenty of stuff from AliExpress though

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    • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Other way around. Hence recalls.

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  • yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The store will be liable for any and all damages to life and property which incurs from selling faulty products though.

    There’s significantly more risk when purchasing directly from a Chinese supplier. It’s borderline impossible to hold a foreign company with no actual presence in your country accountable for damages.

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• Shadow@lemmy.ca ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Oddly this doesn’t deter me at all, but I don’t buy mains connected components off aliexpress.

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• SomeRandomNoob@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  My Rule of Thumb for ordering in the cheep (Chinese) online shops: If it’s electric, comes in contact with skin or food it’s probably dangerous.

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• trk@aussie.zone ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’ve bought heaps of 240VAC rated items from AliExpress and not had a problem. They’re definitely cheaply made for the most part, and I generally give them a once over to identify any glaring issues… but I’ve got heaps of stuff out there working just fine.

  Is it possible you got the wired mains to the low voltage side? I remember a box of LED drivers I bought came with the 240V side using red+black, and the low voltage side using brown+blue that looked awfully similar. Had one go pop before we busted it open and realised the version that came on the unit had the wiring colours the exact opposite. What made life even harder is that the top cover was symmetrical and had been put on back to front… so 240V was on the “correct” colour side.

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  • DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Fourth reply. I’m seriously doubting myself now.

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  • DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Third reply. Ok I can see the L and N and also the + and - symbols on the board. I’m currently having trouble remembering which way around I went. But I did pull the first one apart before connecting the second one. I’m “rather” sure I had it the correct way around.

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  • DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Second reply mate. Having had a quick look, one would assume that the transformer would be at the 240 end in my mind anyway. But I really don’t know.

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  • DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Hmmmm. Yes quite possible I suppose. I didn’t investigate any further. It’s a love job and my second visit already. I thought it was going to be a simple swap over, but some of the existing lights were 240 v AC. That’s when I told her to order the controllers, and then they came without 240 v plugs. So it was all annoying to be honest. She’s going to Bunnings to buy new stuff.

    I wonder if we can tell from the photo if it is indeed the wrong way around.

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• otacon239@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Pretty much anything that has the capacity to kill you should be avoided for the most part on these sites. Which is to say, most if not everything.

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• Oisteink@feddit.nl ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If you dont aim for the cheapest, you can buy pretty much anything you want there without worries

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  • DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zone ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Sounds reasonable.

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• remotelove@lemmy.ca ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The insulation between the windings was probably non-existent.

  Also… uh… TO-263 packages are surface mount and likely require heat dissipation of some kind. There is a chance that heat sinking isn’t required, but it’s standard practice to at least ground the tab. (Using the package like that for quick at home projects is fine. Putting it in a production power supply like that is just silly.)

  Throw the rest of those powes supplies you have directly in the bin. It’s not worth the risk with those shitty transformers and that poor design. It would really suck if a failure mode sent mains voltage through what you are powering. (It needs a full teardown to say for certain though.)

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  • DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zone ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    No worries. They were bought by the home owner.

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• ozeng@aus.social ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  @DiaDeLosMuertos I bought the cheapest thing on the market from someone who’s not contractually obliged to look after me, and bad things happened!

  Colour me surprised..

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  • DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zone ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I didn’t buy them.

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