EU Common Charger Directive.

Ivo Stunga

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In case of a single or a few USB-C power supplies in household - it'd be reasonable to pay more for safer power delivery as I'm not even wanting my devices being this thin as they currently are, going against ergonomics, longevity, repairability and battery capacity in the name of design.

Knowing that IC's are cheap - what'd be the approximate price increase in theory?
 

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Just looked around my flat and am noticing that I do not have chargers plugged in constantly. Just a UPS and all of display/sound devices connected to it - often charging my phone via slow PC USB while USB tethering is active for internet access.

Li loves slower charging they say. They definitely love lower temperatures while doing so. Knowing this - should one avoid fast charging whenever possible to extend battery life?
 
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I can see the USB-PD to be useful as power supply for peripherals need more power than the standard USB-A port can supply. I have a number of drive enclosures that have to be powered by another power source as well as a USB audio interface that has to have its own power supply. I can see that now USB-C can carry video/audio it may as well supply power to monitor with built in speaker and thus only need 1 cable.
 

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Thank you for the back up information.
 

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Ivo Stunga said:
Phones and laptops tho?
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I do not worry about phone and laptops since I use their own chargers, but bicycles scare and scooters scare me because anyone in my building could burn down my building.
 

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Ivo Stunga said:
To be fair, I can't see any reason why ebikes shouldn't take a note from this directive - same stuff, just a tad angrier and the same principles (of security and in principle) apply.
Li-packs certainly aren't fresh tech now.
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Ebikes are the ones that cause the worst fires in my area.
 
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