Powering Your ThinkPad with USB C

#1

Post by qoobaa » Tue, Dec 25, 2018, 9:54 AM UTC

Powering Your ThinkPad with USB C
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Re: Powering Your ThinkPad with USB C

#2

Post by gaspoweredcat » Tue, Dec 25, 2018, 10:23 AM UTC

nice. i may make one of these to use with my old X1C so i can charge it with the charger for my new one (i also charge my phone off it)

Re: Powering Your ThinkPad with USB C

#3

Post by kevin335200 » Tue, Dec 25, 2018, 3:41 PM UTC

I have used many adapters to achieve it before, ctoc cable + ZY1276(there is an newer version ZY1280 now) + usba to dc cable + dc to thinkpad adapter. Just because of lacking soldering skills...

Re: Powering Your ThinkPad with USB C

#4

Post by kevin335200 » Tue, Dec 25, 2018, 3:48 PM UTC

kevin335200 wrote: post #3

I have used many adapters to achieve it before, ctoc cable + ZY1276(there is an newer version ZY1280 now) + usba to dc cable + dc to thinkpad adapter. Just because of lacking soldering skills...

My current powerbank is ZMI 10 20000mAh with 45w usb-c port output. There is also a powerbank called quanhan pd20000 which can offer 65w. I'm currently using this hack mostly with my surface, althrough recently yzxstudio has made some surface-to-usbc adapters.

Re: Powering Your ThinkPad with USB C

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Post by kevin335200 » Wed, Dec 26, 2018, 7:12 AM UTC

kevin335200 wrote: post #4

kevin335200 wrote: post #3

I have used many adapters to achieve it before, ctoc cable + ZY1276(there is an newer version ZY1280 now) + usba to dc cable + dc to thinkpad adapter. Just because of lacking soldering skills...

My current powerbank is ZMI 10 20000mAh with 45w usb-c port output. There is also a powerbank called quanhan pd20000 which can offer 65w. I'm currently using this hack mostly with my surface, althrough recently yzxstudio has made some surface-to-usbc adapters.

for thinkpad https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.1-c.w4004-1830370... for surface https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.1-c.w4004-1830370...