Surprisingly enough, shady USB-C multiport adapters can be dangerous
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/41325747
geteilt von: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/41324008
I have one of those shown and never knew that they can make my devices go boom...
Any other things that may cause a surprise bonfire in my cable drawer?
I have one of those splitters, and now I'm afraid to use them. Any recommendations for alternatives?
A lot of junk in the Usb-c world.
One of my kids tried to charge their Kindle Fire with a 8-inch cable that came with some cheap AliExpress gizmo. The cable glowed and then melted. Fun times, since they left it on the couch.
USB hubs.
Plain old splitters will almost certainly damage the port, and if this is with a machine where USB-C is part of the motherboard, it could cause even more damage and be really expensive to repair.
The power-only ones are not too pricey. But if you also need high speed data transfer (like drives) those cost a bit more. Be careful that even the ones that claim data exchange may not support drive speeds. It took me three tries to finally find one that worked.
A regular USB-C hub would be an idea, but may not work with regular chargers..
Thanks!
I don't see why a hub shouldn't be able to supply power... it will disable PD modes and limit everything to 5V though
Just make sure to use it on 5V-only chargers. You can glue it to one of them.
Just breathe deeply when the smoke starts.
Thanks, but I would rather get my cancer from a trusted source
I'm glad I read to the end; your comment got me laughing and checking my life insurance