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AVOID THESE AT ALL COSTS! (lemmy.zip)
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Don't go onto Amazon and order a random cheap ac adapter for any console that you have. They create a bunch of noise on the screen and it leaves a trail of flickering pixels going up the screen.

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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This. Get an appropriate usb-c adapter of the correct voltage to whatever-the-fuck barrel jack you need for your device

I will trust my ability to reliably select a decent USB-c charger plug much further than I do any third party power supply for any barrel jack.

[–] thejml@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The catch here is that not all USB-C bricks actually support all the potential voltages. And the Standard allows for supporting a subset of the standard voltages. Usually they downgrade, so asking for say 9v could give you 5v, which at least helps keep the magic smoke in.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Oh 100%, don't buy any usb-c brick, but it's pretty well understood which brands you can trust to do what they say at this point.

Other brands are available, but I'd say the last 5-10 chargers I've bought have been variants of the Ugreen GaN chargers and they do all the standard standards as well as the not so standard standards