https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/751506eb-1e6e-403a-b945-b9b9b1c0b24b A lot of products bought from China directly are being supplied with token gesture mains cables to merely tick the box of supplying one at the lowest cost possible. Besides the horrific defects in the plug on theis "UK" lead it also has the flimsy copper coated aluminium (CCA) cable that is higher resistance and poorer connection stability than copper. Here's how to test a suspect flex, although an easier option is just to buy a selection of proper copper flexes with various connectors (IEC, cloverleaf and figure-eight) from a respectable local supplier so that you know you are getting cables that hopefully meet your country's regulations. If you enjoy these videos you can help support the channel with a dollar for coffee, cookies and random gadgets for disassembly at:- http://www.bigclive.com/coffee.htm This also keeps the channel independent of YouTube's advertising algorithms allowing it to be a bit more dangerous and naughty. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:15:55 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/751506eb-1e6e-403a-b945-b9b9b1c0b24b All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.