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Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Power bricks and wall warts for EU market must include detachable USB-C cables by 2028 — New legislation also adds power rating labels for cables

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Power bricks and wall warts for EU market must include detachable USB-C cables by 2028 — New legislation also adds power rating labels for cables

www.tomshardware.com

Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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Honey, wake up, new EU regulation just dropped
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    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.

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      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

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      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.

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