Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoPower bricks and wall warts for EU market must include detachable USB-C cables by 2028 — New legislation also adds power rating labels for cableswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up1203arrow-down11cross-posted to: europe@feddit.org
arrow-up1202arrow-down1external-linkPower bricks and wall warts for EU market must include detachable USB-C cables by 2028 — New legislation also adds power rating labels for cableswww.tomshardware.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square23linkfedilinkcross-posted to: europe@feddit.org
minus-squareMultiplexerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up89·1 month ago New legislation also adds power rating labels for cables Finally! Buying cables is a total gamble at the moment. Doesn’t even correlate to price point.
minus-squarequiescentcurrentlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoTotally true. This cable tester is made to help with the issue of bad kr wrongly labelled cables: https://caberqu.com/content/8-ble-caberqu
minus-squarebalsoft@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoHm, I’ve never had this issue before. I just buy cables marked as PD 100W (the max power for any USB-C device I own) and they are always 20V/5A cables.
Finally!
Buying cables is a total gamble at the moment. Doesn’t even correlate to price point.
Totally true.
This cable tester is made to help with the issue of bad kr wrongly labelled cables: https://caberqu.com/content/8-ble-caberqu
Hm, I’ve never had this issue before. I just buy cables marked as PD 100W (the max power for any USB-C device I own) and they are always 20V/5A cables.