Basically I’m trying to de-clutter the cables to my charging station, and was hoping to use a 3-way cable for my phone, watch, and headphones.
My main concern is if one device is able to successfully negotiate QuickCharge or PD, would that send 9-20 volts to the other devices?
e.g. if I grabbed the wrong cord and hooked it into my laptop, the laptop requests 20v, would that PD negotiation succeed and also send 20v to my 5v devices on the other two leads?
I’ve only used these kinds of cables with USB-A and chargers that can only output 5V. Most of my chargers now are QC/PD so I’m curious if I should avoid those or take any particular precautions.
Have you thought about 3 cables but running them through a cable sleeve? This way you can get a three port charger and three cables But have them feel like one big cable.
I’m kind of doing that with wire ties every few inches. Haven’t thought of a cable sleeve, though. That would probably work and look better. Thanks!
Yooooooo wire sleeves are about to change your life lol they are the best shit since sliced bread. I get a roll of like 3 different diameters to have on hand at home for living room and office wire management.
Another option may be something like this and then some 6inch cables. This is not a recommendation. This is just a random one from Amazon.
Might be worth looking at a charging dock, ie:
My main concern is if one device is able to successfully negotiate QuickCharge or PD, would that send 9-20 volts to the other devices?
Yes, but these cables won’t do that anyway. You’ll get 5V and maybe 1.6A if you’re lucky. They’re good for charging a flashlight.
That’s what I was thinking (basically assuming they lack the CC wires/pins to negotiate power delivery), but the listing does say one of the leads does support data transfer which made me wonder. I’m assuming they share the VCC and ground so if the data-capable one triggered a higher voltage from the charger, then they all would get the same output voltage.
I’m not sure how QC is negotiated, but it doesn’t seem to need any extra pins like Power Delivery, so I still wonder about that.
Does someone make a plug that you can stick on a cable that will identify its capabilities? If they don’t, they should.
I bet Fluke will sell you one for $900
I think those do exist, but I don’t have one.
Would it world on a fleshlight too?
Do you use all the cables all the time? If not, you could get a couple retractable ones to keep things tidy. Then just plug in the 2-3 things you regularly use.
Usually, yes. It’s where my daily-carry devices (phone, headphones, and watch) get plugged in each evening.
Someone recommended using cable sleeves to tidy things up, and I think that’s the route I’m going to go.
Your watch… does the charger plug into the USB, or does USB plug into the watch?
Charger into USB.
Yeah I wouldn’t trust it, you can get USB hubs for fairly cheap. I just googled and saw one for 10$-12$ from Anker.
Yeah, that’s my current setup. Was just trying to reduce the amount of cables overall. But cheap cables of questionable craftsmanship combined with two complex charging standards sounds like it’s going to be a recipe for blue smoke.
I feel your pain for the declutter… I as well have about 3 cables plugged into a super charger and I love the charge times it provides, I hate the cables. I really wish they made a cable that rolled back up like those ID badge lanyards you attach to your belt. Only take the cable you need and once done it rolls back up into a small space.
I actually looked for something like this and while they do exist, they all seem really shoddy and I would not trust them with my devices sadly
I don’t think they would destroy your devices but I do have a non-PD power-only triple-ended retractable cable and it is shoddy.
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