Fake SMB connector (bag) - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: capt bullshot
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 06, 2017, 11:44:51 am
content: Got a bunch of 20 SMB connectors delivered. One of them clearly is a fake, can you spot it?

author: janekm
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 06, 2017, 11:52:49 am
content: I don't think the picture is quite clear enough, is it? Or am I missing something obvious? One looks bent but that might just be refraction from the bag... And the top right bag looks empty...

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 06, 2017, 12:59:05 pm
content: I don't think the picture is detailed enough to see it. There aren't that many pixels per item.All I can see is one label that has a vertical line through the logo. But that's just a stuck pixel on the thermal label printer.

author: Fraser
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 06, 2017, 03:18:19 pm
content: They are "Made in China" so likely all fakeFraser

author: Fraser
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 06, 2017, 03:23:14 pm
content: Bag on the far right looks to be sans connector...... it's an empty bag ?Fraser

author: ebclr
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 06, 2017, 04:36:44 pm
content: What is the concept of FAke ?

author: Freelander
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 06, 2017, 07:46:06 pm
content: Quote from: ebclr on November 06, 2017, 04:36:44 pmDonald Trump and Turtleneck EEEEvanker ?

author: capt bullshot
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 06, 2017, 07:53:25 pm
content: The photo is exactly what I got. 20 little bags labeled as shown in one larger bag. One of the bags is the "fake" bag - no connector inside. It was supposed not to be too obvious, so I wrote "fake connector". Having read this threadhttps://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/dishonest-chinese-power-supply-'engineering'/?topicseenI consider "nothing inside" as a concept of fake.

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 06, 2017, 10:26:04 pm
content: Yeah, um, dude, that's not what "fake" means. You can't just invent your own definitions of a word.

author: bjcuizon
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 06, 2017, 11:56:26 pm
content: Couldn't that be just a *slight* error of the company. It says that it's made in China however, the logo on the top of the labels of each bag is TE (Tyco Electronics) and I think they're a reputable brand. Unless...the labels too were faked.

author: ebclr
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 07, 2017, 06:13:25 am
content: "reputable brand"Trumph is a reputable business man

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 07, 2017, 06:36:14 am
content: Even big, reputable companies can have packaging errors. These things are most likely packaged by machine and it's not unusual to have an empty bag get mixed in with a whole bunch of parts.I was working with Motorola radio gear recently and came across a few empty bags among thousands of small parts. Although I dare say the boxes were packaged by weight so I still got what I ordered.

author: R005T3r
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 07, 2017, 10:22:40 am
content: I ordered a lot of connectors from china, and the only difference I've found with their original counterparts was that they didn't lasted as much... However for 100 Eur I can't complain!

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 07, 2017, 02:18:00 pm
content: Quote from: tooki on November 06, 2017, 10:26:04 pmHumpty Dumpty would beg to differ:Quote from: Lewis Carol: Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There