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Grounding doesn't make much sense for devices which are completely plastic encased. I get your point about "pass-through grounding" to the laptop, but then aga
by 323 4y ago
Grounding doesn't make much sense for devices which are completely plastic encased.
I get your point about "pass-through grounding" to the laptop, but then again, a lot of time the laptop is not connecting to a charging wire anyway.
- JetSetWilly 4y agoThe problem is - laptops used to have their own dedicated chargers. And generally speaking, they were grounded. Now we're moving to usb-c though, it means we've lost it being grounded. And many laptops are made of conductive materials so therefore it is an extremely minor annoyance and downside of usb-c. Also, I'm in the UK with its crap ring circuits packed with 240v/13amps. I'd rather have a ground when I'm one fault away from 3000 watts momentarily being delivered to my lap. Especially with these exciting new GaN chargers and their open circuit failure modes..
- 323 4y agoMy understanding is that all chargers, GaN or not, are required to use a transformer to electrically separate the primary (wall input) from the secondary (charger output). So a fault directly connecting you to the wall circuit should not be possible with an authentic charger.