Comment on The EU common charger : USB-C

• stealthnerd@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m speaking from a US point of view. To my knowledge there are no 240 watt USB-C chargers in existence.

  There are a handful that claim 240 watts but upon closer inspection only provide a max of ~100 watts per port.

  There are cables sold with a 240 watt rating but no actual chargers.

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  • Rootiest@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The Framework Laptop 16 has a 180W PD charger. It’s not the full 240W but it’s using that new standard and the laptop will work with 240W chargers when they hit the market.

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    • june@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So there’s not a 240w charger on the market.

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      • hansl@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        This is disingenuous. There are 240W chargers, just not “on the market”. If you really want one you can contact the manufacturers for an engineer sample. But since you’re likely not a device manufacturer, you won’t have any use of it since there’s no 240W sink available “on the market”.

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      • Rootiest@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I have no idea

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  • abhibeckert@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They definitely exist. But there aren’t many devices that are compatible with them - the 240W chargers run at much higher voltage than regular USB (which I think caps out at 100W).

    Also - only really large batteries (ones that you can’t take with you on an airplane for example) are able to charge at 240W without overheating. So there’s just not much demand for a charger that powerful.

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