Since some manufacturers began to abandon their own charging standards and switched to universal connectors and types of power transfer, life has become easier for us. Firstly, we, as humanity, do not throw away tens of tons of environmentally harmful cables. Secondly, as users, we save on the purchase of more and more new chargers. And thirdly, as lovers of comfort, we can charge everything and everyone. With phones, this process has been going on for a long time and is almost over, but with laptops, everything is still difficult, and only Apple is actively drowning for unification in its MacBooks. Although there are laptops with USB Type-C charging, Apple has more of them. Now we will analyze whether it is possible to change the charging places.
This charger can be used for a laptop. But other combinations are also possible.
Is it possible to charge gadgets with a non-native charger
It all started with the fact that when I was away from home, I realized that I needed to work on the computer, but I forgot the charger for my MacBook. I had a regular charger from the iPad Pro at hand and I used it. I understood that it was most likely safe, but then I decided to see if I was risking the failure of the controller or even the battery of my laptop. To do this, I turned to our friends from the Apple Pro service centerto see what they have to say about it.
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The answer of the experts was quite simple and understandable. They said that I can’t damage the battery. The only problem is the charging speed, which will be much slower, because the standard power adapter of my MacBook Pro 13 produces 61 watts. The adapter that comes with the new iPads has a power of 20 watts. In previous generations, it was 18 watts, but this does not change much of the essence. Before that, there were even less powerful charges, but they were very weak, which means that it is better not to consider them. Although they will also work if you find the right cable.
A phone/laptop/tablet battery is designed to take as much power as it needs. That is, if you connect a less powerful power adapter, the device will take everything that was given to it. If it is more powerful, then only what can be safely “digested” will be taken.
What charger to use for a laptop
Naturally, in this case we are talking about high-quality accessories that can regulate the current parameters. You understand that if you connect the battery directly to the outlet, it will simply destroy it. Only the service center can help you. By the way, the Apple Pro is often accessed victims of such low-quality chargers.
iPhone and MacBook can be charged with any original Apple charger.
Here let’s let’s sum up. If you use a low power adapter, you won’t harm your device, it will just charge more slowly. This applies to both laptops and smartphones/tablets. The main thing is that there are no power surges.
What is Power Delivery and other charging standards
Modern chargers and smartphones support different standards that are generally compatible with each other, but if matched to each other, they work as efficiently as possible. Apple, for example, has chosen the Power Delivery standard. It is abbreviated as PD, and this is the marking you can find on branded power adapters.
Conversation in the language of one standard allows the gadget and the charger to communicate with each other. So the controller will “tell” what current parameters the adapter should set for the most efficient, fast and safe charging. That is, if you connect a 100W adapter to a laptop that was originally comes with 61 W adapterthe charging will be most efficient.
Firstly, the laptop can initially draw more than 61 watts, but given the heat and load, it will adjust the parameters. As the charge increases, the current parameters will change and charging at each moment of time will be as efficient as possible. The adjustment of parameters will be in any case, but it will be most effective when using one standard.
Simple example: a smartphone that supports 65W charging will charge a little faster from a proprietary adapter than from one that supports another standard, albeit a powerful one. This is the feature of charging standards. Although the connectors will still be universal.
What happens if you buy a low-quality cable for your phone
We are not talking about the fact that the speed will drop when using a low-quality cable. We have already warned you about this more than once. It is important to understand that any good technique is done with foolproofing. If something cannot be done, we will be told about it several times. Charging has evolved from the fact that there were several types of connectors in the model range of one manufacturer, to the point that now almost everything (except iPhone and AirPods) charged via USB Type-C.
Choose only high quality accessories. Repair will be more expensive than buying a good wire that will last a very long time.
Together with our friends from Apple Pro Service Center once again we remind you that you need to use only high-quality charging accessories. Unlike cheap cases or films, they can directly harm your expensive gadget and require repair. For example, iPhone 11 battery replacement in Apple Pro costs 4900 rubles. And it’s still inexpensive (this is the price of two original chargers). Authorized SCs will ask for significantly more, especially for a laptop battery, the replacement of which in the ASC will cost tens of thousands of rubles. It is better to immediately buy the original charger or a famous analogue. In this case, the gadget will serve much longer.
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Charging any gadget, any power supply
But if you use Apple branded accessories, you can combine them. For example, charge your iPhone with a charger from your iPad or MacBook. In the case of charging your MacBook with a low-power charger, you only risk that the process will be long. In some scenarios, the laptop will run out of battery faster than it can charge while working. But if the speed is not important for you and the gadget is charging for the future, then you can use any high-quality or original adapter – it will not get worse.
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