Tag Archives: quality

Rubbish manufacturing

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Alan Liefting

Had a no name brand battery charger come in for recycling.  I set it up on the bench to test it.  It powered up but after a bit it turned off.  I took the thing apart.  Pretty easy to do.  … Continue reading →

A missing screw

Posted on January 14, 2017 by Alan Liefting

A Philips 42TA2800 LCD TV came in for recycling. “It works” the customer said, “It is just the power switch.” The actual plastic power switch actuator was missing and you could see that the power switch circuit board was just … Continue reading →

Poor quality Ozito cordless drill charger

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Alan Liefting

An Ozito OZCD12V1A cordless drill came in to us for recycling and it looked like it had hardly been used.  Rather than recycling it I thought it might be a good candidate for repurposing or rehashing with different batteries. On … Continue reading →

Not impressed with you Acer

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Alan Liefting

Now look here Acer.  I usually like your products.  They are generally pretty well made (we’ll overlook that case in the late 1990s where the edge connectors in one of your laptops had insufficient gold plating causing a fault common … Continue reading →