I would send a sample waveform to the group, but attachments cause a post to be 
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> On Nov 4, 2014, at 23:56, John Woodgate <j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> In message <54596079.8060...@emcesd.com>, dated Tue, 4 Nov 2014, Doug Smith 
> <d...@emcesd.com> writes:
> 
>> Don't have a good explanation yet as I am hesitant to take apart one of the 
>> supplies that is the worst offender as it is the supply for a D-Link router 
>> I have. I am beginning to formulate possible mechanisms. But from the point 
>> of view of equipment, supplies that do this should not be used. I have been 
>> using a simple test setup (on a normal lab bench, not a standards based 
>> setup) that would suffice for prescreening supplies.
>> 
>> There is some sort of discharge happening and the delay could be the time it 
>> takes for a discharge to form. I have been able to repeat the results with 
>> ESD as the stimulus in three different labs using different equipment.
> 
> Understood. I wonder if this effect may be involved in the power 
> supply/charger fires that seem to be increasing in number.
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