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Redditor finds heavy block of iron shavings inside cheap PSU, also appears to lack safety protections
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this post was submitted on 08 Dec 2023
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Isn't this pretty common in a lot of consumer electronics? Pretty sure power banks and hard drives frequently have weights added to them
Why? What's the benefit of adding weights? Surely smaller and lighter is better?
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