A Powered USB HUB

Had a few devices plugged into a ELCOM USB powered hub a few months back. 

The WACOM Medium INTUOS Tablet and Logitech HD WEBCAM and the hub don't function any more and there was a smell of burning electronics, that I couldn't locate at the time.

The Wacom was 15+ years old, the WEBCAM was 2+ years and the USB hub 3 months.  Did the hub die killing the rest? These things are supposed to be over voltage and current protected, but I couldn't prove anything without some fancy electronic investigation that I am not equipped to do any more.

I bought the webcam to do stop frame animation a few years ago, as this more expensive model had manual controls required for exposure and focus. But I hadn't used it for over 12 months, and don't care to do any more in the foreseeable future.  I have another 720p webcam, that I have used just once being interviewed. 

I used the Wacom for coloring digital paintings but haven't done one for 3 years or so now. I may have to replace it, or maybe I don't.  At least not today, as I use a mouse for all my CorelDraw illustration work.

The hub? If I replace it, it wouldn't be a brand that just puts its brand on just anything made in China.   

I noticed the hub had failed as my mouse was plugged into it, and  it stopped working while I was using it after lunch one day after using the machine all day, a few weeks ago. The mouse wasn't damaged though, and I plugged it into a passive port I had and I  continued working.  It was then I found the webcam dead. It wasn't till today I discovered the Wacom was dead.

The inconveniences of modern tech art life. 

It isn't that I can't afford to replace them, it is I probably don't need to. The other thing is you can't replace them with the one you had, as that model isn't made any more. 

The ONE By Wacom reviews doesn't make it out to be as good, but it is a bit smaller, which is good for my small working space, and not expensive at 7,700yen, about half what my previous model cost. This will be my 3rd Wacom tablet. What I will do now is not keep everything I don't use very often plugged in all the time.  

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