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How Wireless Charging Works and Why It's Terrible
- DamonHD 3y ago"these manage to lose 59% of the power drawn from the mains due to these inefficiencies." "bumping the battery temperature up by about 8°C in the best scenario (fully aligned MagSafe/Qi2) over wired charging, and a sustained 40+°C in the case of a misaligned Qi charger, or the worst of all: the Tesla Charging Platform"
- gnabgib 3y agoThe source article [0], of which this is a summary, has already been submitted [1][2] [0]: https://www.ifixit.com/News/94409/wireless-charging-trading-efficiency-for-convenience https://www.ifixit.com/News/94409/wireless-charging-trading-... [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40085216 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40085216 [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40117377 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40117377