There are 3 USB-C ports labelled as being USB-PD compatible, plus 2 type A ports labelled QC 3.0. Then there is a power/load indicator which looks like 4 bars/LEDs.

I cut the welded seam at the plug end, and the end just pulls off, leaving the #PCB inside. It uses that style of connection where the back end of the mains contacts just insert into some springy metal receptors on the PCB, so it's easier to assemble and doesn't require soldering.

Then the circuit board just pulls out.

That odd weight at one end? The plug end had a huge wad of grey, suspiciously dense putty stuffed into it. I think it's a metal-loaded #putty. It serves no purpose other than giving the thing some heft, so it doesn't feel as cheap. Scam products used to generally come with a lump of pig iron for this purpose, so they're moving up in the world, I guess?

The circuit board weighs approximately nothing in comparison. And you will be Not Shocked that this thing is so very, very fake. There is a tiny, tiny transformer that looks like it's wound on the same form that they use for those tiny little 1:1 600 Ω audio isolation transformers. I wouldn't trust it to handle a 10 W load, much less 240 W.

The output reservoir capacitor is shared across all 5 outputs, and is rated 10 volts 😆 . So this thing definitely doesn't produce the higher voltages that USB-PD requires (up to 20 V).

It gets better.

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#PigIron #MetalPutty