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Old 04-17-2017, 12:07 PM   #864
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Originally Posted by Resolute 14 View Post
When looking for a USB-C cable, make sure you get a decent one. A Google engineer has been testing many of what's on Amazon, and in once case, a cable fried his laptop.

Otherwise, you should be fine. USB, by specification, is actually rated at 5V, regardless of what the brick itself might theoretically do (hooray for standards!). It's the amperage that will impact charging speed, and it seems your brick is close enough.
Thank you. Great advice about the USB-C cables. I went down a brief rabbit hole reading about this, and USB-C is a standards nightmare. I had no idea it was that messy.
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