Timeline for Why does a female-female coupler break the USB-C standard?
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| Jul 1, 2022 at 1:22 | comment | added | MooseBoys | @NoLongerBreathedIn Y-cables aren't even that bad. The automatic window shades I have use micro-USB to connect the motor to the 12V battery pack. The pack has a red warning label next to the plug saying "DO NOT PLUG IN USB DEVICES". And my old electric train set used a telephone cord to attach the power supply to the rails. And "HDMI-over-ethernet" adapters just use ethernet cables for cheap conductors - they don't actually send ethernet frames. | |
| Jun 30, 2022 at 19:43 | comment | added | NoLongerBreathedIn | Of course, C-socket/C-plug cables (true USB-C extension cables) would cause no issues beyond signal loss and voltage drop. | |
| Jun 30, 2022 at 19:42 | comment | added | NoLongerBreathedIn | I know this. I have one in my room, and I know it's not a fast transfer cable (looks A-A, has a circuit in the middle to fix it up). How do I know? Because the idiots who designed my laptop cooling pad decided to give it two USB-A sockets and provide an A-A cable to power it. If I weren't worried about the cable breaking, I'd epoxy one end into the pad so it couldn't be misused. | |
| Jun 28, 2022 at 16:21 | comment | added | Justme | That was an extemely good point which I did not think when writing my answer. Unfortunately, USB-A to USB-A cables also exist, even if they should not exist. | |
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| S Jun 26, 2022 at 1:56 | history | answered | NoLongerBreathedIn | CC BY-SA 4.0 |