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    I there any way of testing a chinese switching power supply to see if it has short circuit protection , other than shorting it and see if the blue smoke appears ?
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    Shorting it out is a very crude way.
    More scientific way would be to gradually increase the load, and see if/when it shutdown, and how it recovers.
    Avoiding the rubbish customer service from AluminiumWarehouse since July '13.
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