Comment on USB-C PSU is 9v *only*. Is that compliant? Did a PD-compliant charger fry my gear?
Romkslrqusz@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
I don’t think the charger fried your gear.
If it had, it would have also fried the display unit you tried it on.
USB-PD defaults to 5V until a negotiation takes place to establish voltage and current limits. In order to have caused damage, negotiation would have to have established voltage greater than 9V.
Plenty of USB-C chargers do not supply the full range of voltages that are possible through USB-PD. For example, the Nintendo Switch’s charger is limited to 15V because that is the most the switch supports. Lots of inexpensive “phone chargers” top out at 12V.