I thought those cheap Chinese power supply boards were always junk

Had a 55 inch Samsung TV with a blown main board, but the power board looked fine. A customer didn't want to pay for a full board set, so I grabbed a $22 no-name power board from eBay as a last try. Three months later, the TV is still running perfect in their kid's room. Has anyone else had a cheap part actually hold up longer than expected?

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zarap142h ago

Simple parts that just do the job" - that's exactly it. I had a $20 clock radio from a drugstore that lasted through three moves and a cat knocking it off a nightstand (it just kept ticking, literally). Meanwhile, my friend paid $80 for some fancy smart alarm clock that bricked itself after a firmware update six months in. Sometimes the cheap stuff just has less stuff to go wrong, you know? Like those power boards, no bells and whistles, just power and ground. Less to break.

abbyd361mo ago

Sometimes the cheap ones just work.

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evangarcia1mo ago

My old $15 coffee grinder from a garage sale lasted eight years, @abbyd36. The expensive one I replaced it with broke in six months. You really can't beat simple parts that just do the job.