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Bundu said:
Refurbished units?
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That's a possibility.

The original production date on the warranty seal is 7/23. There is a chance that the manufacturer went in to service the battery pack after a year in storage, but I would think they would have added a new seal then.

I'll have it exchanged, as I don't like the other possible explanations and want the warranty.
 
cartonneexpress said:
Also found and ordered the Elecstore Mercury at R429. Great price for what is promised.

However, the unit I received has a broken warranty seal. It's a very clean cut and barely visible. Looks like it's either very intentional, or very unintentional.

Anyone here who received one recently? What does the warranty seal look like on yours?

Not sure how good the warranty even is, but I guess I'll have to send the thing back.
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Thanks for the heads-up, I have one arriving sometime today so I'll check that.

EDIT: Just received, warranty seal also cut/torn. Placement makes it difficult to tell if it's intentional or not, there's quite a bit of flex in the side panel at that point and placement of the sticker makes it susceptible to damage.
 
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Viva said:
I'll test it out this evening. According to the specification is should be able to deliver 5V and up to 3A. So 15 watt. It's not a fast charger, but also not useless by any means.
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Has anyone managed to test the USB-C on these units?
 
airborne said:
Has anyone managed to test the USB-C on these units?
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I don't have a usb-c mode tester, but multiple phones all charge with 5V 1A. I have a couple of Powerbanks which charge at 5V 1.6A. However one high capacity QC/PD Powerbank (from ZMI) does not charge from the port at all.

I'd say the usb-c port should not be factored too highly. For most users it would be more beneficial to add a QC/PD usb-c board to the 12V output (of any ups).
 
cartonneexpress said:
I don't have a usb-c mode tester, but multiple phones all charge with 5V 1A. I have a couple of Powerbanks which charge at 5V 1.6A. However one high capacity QC/PD Powerbank (from ZMI) does not charge from the port at all.

I'd say the usb-c port should not be factored too highly. For most users it would be more beneficial to add a QC/PD usb-c board to the 12V output (of any ups).
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Are the 12v outputs high wattage, 5A?
 
cartonneexpress said:
Also found and ordered the Elecstore Mercury at R429. Great price for what is promised.

However, the unit I received has a broken warranty seal. It's a very clean cut and barely visible. Looks like it's either very intentional, or very unintentional.

Anyone here who received one recently? What does the warranty seal look like on yours?

Not sure how good the warranty even is, but I guess I'll have to send the thing back.
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All the Elecstor stuff i got from TA was used and seals also broken. One can see fingerprints on it and the Lifepo4 9ah and 24ah batteries all had scuff marks all over and bottom corners looked liked someone used sandpaper on it. The metal terminals all had marks on it from pushing terminal on to it. Let me check if i still have all the pics

My unit I got from HiFi Corp that time was sealed with plastic wrapping and the box tab was taped down.

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cartonneexpress said:
Also found and ordered the Elecstore Mercury at R429. Great price for what is promised.

However, the unit I received has a broken warranty seal. It's a very clean cut and barely visible. Looks like it's either very intentional, or very unintentional.

Anyone here who received one recently? What does the warranty seal look like on yours?

Not sure how good the warranty even is, but I guess I'll have to send the thing back.
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Apart from the warranty sticker issue, the power/mode switch requires so much pressure to operate that I wouldn't be surprised if some of these units were returned to the supplier for not switching on. It's really bad - I was on the point of giving up and sending it back.
 
Do these Elecstore units have a fan making them less than silent?
 
cartonneexpress said:
Also found and ordered the Elecstore Mercury at R429. Great price for what is promised.

However, the unit I received has a broken warranty seal. It's a very clean cut and barely visible. Looks like it's either very intentional, or very unintentional.

Anyone here who received one recently? What does the warranty seal look like on yours?

Not sure how good the warranty even is, but I guess I'll have to send the thing back.
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They've been on sale for R429 on and off for a while now.

I bought one a while back and the warranty sticker is also broken. It may just be because of the case design and where it's placed, I can't see that anyone would to the effort of opening them up etc, and if they did they could have just replaced the sticker.

I've not actually used mine yet, going to give it a test now.
 
x7razor said:
the fan noise is nothing its not loud at all. It only comes on when load is about 10w odd in battery mode
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That's not good, I specially bought a mini pc with no fan because unless the fan is barely spinning they become noisy and even more so as the device ages, 10W is hardly much of a draw. What does the fan cool, the buck/boost converters?
 
airborne said:
That's not good, I specially bought a mini pc with no fan because unless the fan is barely spinning they become noisy and even more so as the device ages, 10W is hardly much of a draw. What does the fan cool, the buck/boost converters?
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10W would be quite low for the fan to come on.

You could always add a speed controller and dial it way down, or completely disconnect it if you don't plan to draw more than ~30W consistently.
 
Sorry guys correction on the fan :X3:. Tested it now on a 50w load the fan stays off until the long heatsink heats up eventually.

That 10w load is nonsense heatsink was probably on the limit back then when i tested it since i heated up mine with the solder station before i did other stuff.
 
cartonneexpress said:
Also found and ordered the Elecstore Mercury at R429. Great price for what is promised.

However, the unit I received has a broken warranty seal. It's a very clean cut and barely visible. Looks like it's either very intentional, or very unintentional.

Anyone here who received one recently? What does the warranty seal look like on yours?

Not sure how good the warranty even is, but I guess I'll have to send the thing back.
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Just checked my warranty sticker, it's not broken, but it is under pressure from the two panels over which it spans. I suspect the seals break by themselves on most units.
 
airborne said:
Has anyone managed to test the USB-C on these units?
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I charged my OnePlus 12 for a couple of minutes from the Elecstor's USB-C port. It charged at 12 Watt according to the Elecstor's display, and at 10 watt according to my inline USB wattage measurement thingy. There is no difference between the power delivered by the USB-A ports and the USB-C port.

My MacBook Pro won't recognise power from the Elecstor's USB-C port though.
 
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