Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days 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-square23fedilinkarrow-up1200arrow-down11
arrow-up1199arrow-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 · 2 days agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareMultiplexer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up89·2 days 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-squarequiescentcurrent@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-22 days 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-up6·2 days 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.