Test/review of Ikea Koppla USB 5V 2A 404.122.78

HKJ · 2019-03-29T16:28:37.000Z

Ikea Koppla USB 5V 2A 404.122.78

Official specifications:

Type: ICPSW5-10EU-1
Input: 100-240V 50/60Hz
Output: 5V DC
Max total load: 2000mA

I got it from Ikea Denmark.

It is in a plastic box.

The box contained the charger and a manual.

Being from Ikea, the manual is in many languages.

Measurements

Power consumption when idle is 0.03 watt
USB output is coded as Apple 2.4A and QC2 5V
Weight: 49.4g
Size: 87.3 x 39.0 x 24.0 mm

The charger can deliver slightly above 2.3A, this is fine for a 2A rated charger.

Running it at 120VAC do not change anything.

And the charger has no problem delivering rated current for one hour.
The temperature photos below are taken between 30 minutes and 60 minutes into the one hour test.

M1: 44.2°C, HS1: 47.3°C

HS1: 47.2°C
HS1: The hot corner is the rectifier transistor

HS1: 48.5°C
Here HS1 is the white glue between the transformer and the enclosure.

HS1: 45.1°C
Again HS1 is the transformer.

M1: 46.2°C, M2: 39.4°C, HS1: 46.8°C

At 0.5A the noise is 17mV rms and 556mVpp.

At 1A the noise is 24mV rms and 560mVpp.

At 2A the noise is 19mV rms and 307mVpp.

Tear down

I could not break the charger open before I had cut a bit. The circuit board sits nicely in the charger.

And here it is out of it.

The white raiser goes through the slot in the circuit board and provides very good isolation.

At the mains input is a fuse (F1) and a safety capacitor. After the fuse is the inrush current limiter (NTC1) and transient protection (470V MOV). Between the two smoothing capacitors (EC1 & ?) is a inductor (L1). Next to the transformer (T1) is the switching transistor (Q1).

On this side is the bridge rectifier (BD1), the mains switcher controller (U1: RAH9503). On the low volt side is a synchronous rectification transistor (Q3) with a controller IC (U2: Probably marked 665V) and a charge optimizer IC (U3: Marked 30021).

The creepage distance is large enough.

Testing with 2830 volt and 4242 volt between mains and low volt side, did not show any safety problems.

Conclusion

This charger looks safe and has a fair amount of power, but using a Apple 2.4A coding for a 2A charger is not ideal, 2.1A had been better.

Notes

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maukka · 2019-03-29T17:10:25.000Z

Thanks for the test. I think this has one zero too many:

Max total load: 20000mA

HKJ · 2019-03-29T17:14:40.000Z

maukka:

Thanks for the test. I think this has one zero too many:

Max total load: 20000mA

Maybe a bit too high power.

Thanks, I have fixed it.