Sata to USB Power supply went BANG!

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Hi Guys, hope I'm posting this in the right place...

Basically I have a USB to SATA Adapter that I was using to recover data from a 2.5" HDD from a laptop.

I Connected the HDD via SATA cable to the adapter, then connected usb from adapter to desktop PC. I then connected a mains adapter - 4 pin molex and began transfering data to my desktop PC. About 3 minitues in the mains adapter went bang and tripped the power in my house. Question is, is this down to a dodgy mains adapter for the kit ( I'l be honest it was a very cheap kit), or did I do something wrong?
HDD is still working fine, it was the mains adapter that blew!

Hope this makes sense, any help is greatly appreciated!
 
Lucky the HDD is OK!

Probably just a cheap one right? Almost certainly the power supply, unless you were running it underwater.
 
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