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   Tiff (tiff@bunny.blue)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 09:56:00 JST Tiff

   • Infoseepage

   @Infoseepage I ultimately stopped using mine after seeing reports of electrical arcing in high humidity with high power cables

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     Tiff (tiff@bunny.blue)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 10:08:44 JST Tiff

     • Infoseepage

     @Infoseepage your example image had 240W on it which gave me some concern, I have watched Quiescent Current fry a cable with a 240W power supply by bumping it, I have not looked at 45W as my lowest power laptop is 240W

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     Tiff (tiff@bunny.blue)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 20:21:03 JST Tiff

     • Infoseepage

     @Infoseepage for 45W I might risk it on an old laptop if I didn't care about a misaligned pin putting 20V through a 3.3V line. Also you're bringing back risks of static shock. I killed an old USB-A port that way.

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     Ken Milmore (kbm0@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 21:36:16 JST Ken Milmore

     • Infoseepage

     @Infoseepage We use something like this on all our pirtable USB devices. Leave the low-profile schrengle plugged into the device at all times and you can attach a charging cable with a magnetic plug on the end at any time. The ones we use though, only pass the 5V of a standard USB1 charger, so it takes a looong time to charge a laptop that way.

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     Ken Milmore (kbm0@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 21:51:50 JST Ken Milmore

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     @Infoseepage I have a (rubbish) USB-C laptop and I was surprised to find that it really does charge off 5V, it just takes a very long time.