Inside a Poundland 2026 phone charger

On one hand it's disappointing that the first of these I bought was faulty (badly soldered wire), but on the other hand it was the perfect excuse to open and reverse engineer it, and it's actually pretty good.

Because Poundland is the importer and seller of these chargers it has to comply with safety standards unlike amazon, ebay and Chinese websites who often wash their hands of such frivolities by pointing out that they are just a retail platform. That means that when you buy a phone charger from Poundland you are getting a unit that complies with strict British and European safety standards.

Notable features in this charger are the filtering and snubber network on the primary side and the super-efficient "perfect diode" rectifier and what looks like a solid polymer electrolytic capacitor for long life.

I don't have a load tester with me at the moment (travelling with work) to check the power supply fully, but I may try to find something to load it up with to see how warm it gets.




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