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DO NOT BUY NON-OEM CHARGERS! (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by librechad@lemm.ee to c/thinkpad@lemmy.ml
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I bought a replacement battery that was not OEM off eBay. After about 4-6 months of use, the thing nearly blew up on me. The battery got so hot it could've started a fire. Seriously, spend the extra money, its not worth the risk.

If you're buying a replacement make sure it meets the safety standards and it is approved for use. I'm going to be buying only OEM batteries/chargers from now on.

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[–] jcarax@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I absolutely support this for batteries, largely because nobody reputable sells replacement laptop batteries. But I feel perfectly safe with Anker chargers, and a few others. I also mostly use a USB-C monitor these days, and have no problems after rather limited use so far. But I'd be hesitant to buy some of the cheap no-name monitors for use in the same capacity, nor the cheap Chinese charger of the week off Amazon.

[–] dudewitbow@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I mean many chargers/power supplies have and follow standards, ESPECIALLY if its a USB-PD compliant charger. batteries have a lot of wild west aspects to them. Bundling both in the way OP has it is not the way to go.

[–] jcarax@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, but how do you tell if a USB PD compliant charger is truly USB PD compliant? Remember that dude from Google who was reviewing USB cables, warning people off the ones with the wrong resistor?

[–] dudewitbow@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Cable and charger are two seperate things like batteries are, they are all.different components.

Usb pd specs has nothing to do with the cable that might end up being used with it.

You arent going to use a low guage wire to carry a ton of power, as you arent supposed to.

[–] jcarax@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I'm saying when there's an opportunity to cheap out and raise margins, before disappearing into the night, a lot of "brands" will. When their Amazon reviews start reflecting that they're shit, they'll just discontinue that brand, and resurface with another.