Id check for transient suppress on the charger. I had a expensive powerbank that was charging be damaged ( as in no longer worked) by a power transient.
I'm a USB-C Maximalist
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Re: I'm a USB-C Maximalist
#392USB-C standard sucks.
Supposedly would unify things, but can't find two cables that have same specs.
Re: I'm a USB-C Maximalist
#393The USB-C "hate" for the "one cable, much protocols and transports" you read on HN are just in the power-users bubble. For the rest of humanity, USB-C is a blessing with very few drawbacks, especially considering that the biggest usage by far is as a power cable. Data transport is a secondary usage that some people would probably never use in their lives.
Re: I'm a USB-C Maximalist
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#395Earlier quoted context omitted.
With a soldering iron and USB-CD PD trigger boards, I've successfully converted a few of this kind of thing.
There are barrel jack USB-C adaptors now that you can just glue in place. Very useful for homelabbers.
I love them, useful for super clean desk setups .
I use a 140w USBC charger -> USBC to Barrel Jack -> LG Ergo screen -> USBC -> Laptop. One AC plug powers the display & laptop.
Re: I'm a USB-C Maximalist
#396I use USB to teach students about European Union regulatory policies, because this is one obvious standard they all can connect to. (Pun intended). Throughout the years they were cautious when it was introduced, thankful after it was established, and now they are too young to know any other world. And yes, USB as main connection standard was driven by Apple. But USB as main charging standard was set by the EU.
> And yes, USB as main connection standard was driven by Apple. But USB as main charging standard was set by the EU.
Hard disagree. Yes, they were quick to say that if you want to connect a device to their computers, you'd better be prepared for it to be USB. But their computer market share simply wasn't there to drive anything. More of a "lead by example" deal.
With phones OTOH, they COULD have driven it, but in the end they had to be whipped by Brussels to adopt standard USB(c).
Re: I'm a USB-C Maximalist
#397USB-C maximalism is great for travel. I personally recommend travelling with a USB-C desktop charger, but use one that accepts a IEC C7 ("figure-8") cable. Then, travel with only the cable corresponding to your destination (or buy one when you get there). That avoids having a wall wart that might not fit in narrow spaces, or whose weight might make it fall out of older sockets. I wrote about it a few years ago; the p…
If you’ve got one of the older style Mac chargers, the part which plugs into the wall physically separates from the rest of the charger. You can connect different plugs for all the different countries. There is a plastic seam where the charger separates. It’s easy to miss. I’ve slowly acquired all the global adaptors for Mac chargers. I just bring a usbc Mac charger when I travel with the destination country plug att…
New 70W Apple charger is GaN (and much smaller than the old 67W one) FWIW, it's a shame it is single port, though.
Re: I'm a USB-C Maximalist
#398The problem with many cheap USB-C devices is that they lack a required resistor on the USB-C pins, which means they won't charge from a compliant USB-C PD charger, only through a USB-A to USB-C cable.
It's idiotic that companies don't even test this properly and never read the specs, but here we are. Many cheap Chinese devices like toothbrushes will have this problem.
Re: I'm a USB-C Maximalist
#399I too love USB-C, though sadly my laptop only has two of those ports, and only one of them can do power delivery and display, so my only choices are between having a powered laptop with only the built-in display, or on battery with external display, or carrying an extra power brick..
Re: I'm a USB-C Maximalist
#400The problem is just if you don't want to replace stuff that is not broken.
My BT in-ears charge with Micro USB, my 2 bike lights do, my flashlight does. The only downside of my Suunto watch is the proprietary charger cable (USB A on the other end)
And yeah, adapters exist of course, but still.