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by AdrianB1 2197 days ago
Volts don't melt power cables, amps do. Regular cables do 2.5 to 3A, the 5A cables are relatively rare and more expensive.
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Dylan16807 2197 days ago
Yes, I know.

I mentioned volts for frying, and I mentioned amps for fire.

And I don't think either failure can be caused by a cable failing to properly list what it can handle. Do you?

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ender341341 2197 days ago
It's crappy devices all around trying to implement an insanely complex spec.

The Nintendo Switch can get fried in dock mode (and Nintendo usually has pretty top notch QA/abuse testing outside of joysticks)

Here's a report of an A to C cable on fire from Anker (another pretty well regarded manufacturer) https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/7j3k38/anker_usbc_...

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Dylan16807 2197 days ago
Are you talking about the thing where sending 9 volts on a data pin fries the switch? I don't blame the spec or Nintendo for that one.

That cable is more of a complexity problem, but it wasn't because it misrepresented capabilities or anything. They put in a chip which didn't reset the connection when you unplugged one end. I don't know if that's really a spec problem, though.

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