Is it a good idea to get a high wattage phone charging brick and standard USB C cord to use for a laptop charger? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Usernameblankface@lemmy.world to c/techsupport@lemmy.world

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My laptop charges with USB C, so when the standard charger broke, I just used the USB out port from an EcoFlow battery. The display on the battery said the laptop pulled 25-30 watts while charging. So, why can't I use just any USB brick that can output more than 30 watts?

Is there something that is bound to go wrong that I don't know about?

Are laptop chargers really that special?

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[-] nabladabla@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago

No, they are not special, it'll be fine