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Re: USB Charging Tower

From Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject Re: USB Charging Tower
Date 2025-05-12 12:45 +0000
Organization NOYB
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Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> wrote:
> Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> writes:
> 
> > Part of becoming a Battery Charging wizard, is acquiring a
> > USB current meter. There are piss-weak designs with poor display
> > capability. And there are meters with both USb-A and USB-C connectors
> > and they also observe USB-PD negotiation and print not only
> > the consumption at the moment, but also, what the negotiated
> > limits are.
> 
> Do you have any suggestions for these good kinds of USB current meters?
> Do they integrate this is sort of thing in the modern multimeters? Would
> be handy.
> 
> I've so far only had these USB leads with a little display that show a
> watt reading. Not super accurate but good enough to see what's going
> on. Sold on Aliexpress with "Baseus" brand at least.

  In my experience, these things are commonly called 'USB power meter's.

  Mine measures voltage and current. It's already somewhat old, having
only USB-A and Micro-USB connections and only upto 5.8V and 3A, so no
USB Power Delivery capability. Mine is brand Voltcraft and sold through
the Conrad electronics (etc.) website. I use conrad.nl. The company is
German, so conrad.de and probably also in/for other countries (I didn't
see a country selection).

  FWIW, I wouldn't buy this stuff - or most other stuff for that matter
- from Aliexpress or similar sites. Rather spend a few Euros more and
buy from a local/reputable supplier. But YMMV/YMWV.

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USB Charging Tower Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-05-08 14:11 +0100
  Re: USB Charging Tower "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-05-08 09:30 -0400
  Re: USB Charging Tower Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-05-08 15:04 +0000
  Re: USB Charging Tower Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-05-08 13:37 -0400
    Re: USB Charging Tower Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2025-05-12 11:12 +0300
      Re: USB Charging Tower Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-05-12 12:45 +0000
        Re: USB Charging Tower Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-05-12 15:36 -0400

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