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Cars are terrible environments for electronics, the temperatures in there range from freezing to sweltering and you can be sure that the tiny gauge wire in most
by zepolen 5y ago
Cars are terrible environments for electronics, the temperatures in there range from freezing to sweltering and you can be sure that the tiny gauge wire in most cheap usb cables will pay the price from the constant expansion/contraction cycle day by day.
This can cause resistance pockets in the wire itself especially when since it's probably continuously moved around every time you plug in the phone, further stressing the wires.
Lastly condensation inside the car can corrode contacts slowly causing further signal degradation.
Your best bet would be a thicker gauge wire usb cable with gold contacts.
- tuatoru 5y agoMost "gold" contacts have thin gold plating (10 micrometres or thinner) which is wiped off with a few insertion/removal cycles. The gold is added by the manufacturer to prevent corrosion of the contacts during transport and storage of the cable/device prior to first use. Contacts corrode on exposure to oxidants. They can be re-made by disconnecting and reconnecting, which (if the contacts are properly designed) wipes their surfaces. I have never heard of "resistance pockets" in wire, but I suppose that could be one way of describing broken conductors inside the cable that only continue to work because the end pieces are still making contact. Until the ends corrode or the wire is flexed in a way that pulls the ends apart.