I’m working on a mod board to take type c and build it directly into my 2014 MacBook. It’s providing a fun challenge since both ends are actually needed inside the Mac to just plug in a type c and go.
When you say it goes for all of it when it sees 20V, do you mean what it expects from what it thinks is the 20V charger (85W from the A1424) or whatever the charger will put out? In other words, would there be a risk using this with a charger that's, say, 100W?
there never is a risk when using a greater power charger the voltage is the thing that is fed from the charger to the laptop the charger's power is used by the laptop, so, it dictates what it wants by pulling more or less current the laptop seems to go by the voltage, and assume the 85W charger (as you mentioned)
@@Darieee Thanks. And would there be a risk using these PD triggers if you accidentally plugged into a charger lower than 15V or does the Macbook know to only accept 20/15? I assume there is some brownout protection but it sounds like you were saying at the beginning this was done on the charger end.
I'm sure nothing bad can do if you feed it a lower voltage either it realizes there's just a 15v charger and uses it as such or it sees the magsafe advertise an 85w charger that's only putting out 15v and deems it faulty 🧐 if you try this out do let me know
Hello. Can a macbook pro mid 2012 take 18.5v-20v? I am planning to buy a usb c to magsafe 1 cable but it outputs the above mentioned voltage. I hope someone can help. Thank you.
I can't believe this. I bought a 45W anker charger which has 15V3A (The recommended profile for a MacBook Air 2013) and this thing sees 20V and starts drawing until the charger cuts out... Why does it take 20V, WHY! Funny thing is, the System Information says the charger is 60W, Which means 20V3A, but you're saying it even cuts your 65W charger... What's going on!
The default behavior of this trigger is to pull the highest voltage it can get, I think even the 45W USB-C chargers will do 20V 2.25A. There are more advanced triggers like the ZY12PDN that allow you to easily set the maximum (or only) voltage to 15V with a button. I believe there's also a version of this trigger that does max 15V.
there are triggers for everything from 5V (used one yesterday - in my disposable vape mining video), up to 9 12 15 and 20 ... the ZYs are nice but rather pricy aliexpress should offer quite a few .. though the chinese often call them decoys 😂❤️
You can buy a MagSafe T or 2 to usb female adapter. Cost less than 10 bucks. Tested mine with a usb Gan charger. My old MacBook is able to accept up to 85w
I’m working on a mod board to take type c and build it directly into my 2014 MacBook. It’s providing a fun challenge since both ends are actually needed inside the Mac to just plug in a type c and go.
is it ready ?
I have a MBP mid 2012. Is it possible split charger and cable with usb connectors?
When you say it goes for all of it when it sees 20V, do you mean what it expects from what it thinks is the 20V charger (85W from the A1424) or whatever the charger will put out? In other words, would there be a risk using this with a charger that's, say, 100W?
there never is a risk when using a greater power charger
the voltage is the thing that is fed from the charger to the laptop
the charger's power is used by the laptop, so, it dictates what it wants by pulling more or less current
the laptop seems to go by the voltage, and assume the 85W charger (as you mentioned)
@@Darieee Thanks. And would there be a risk using these PD triggers if you accidentally plugged into a charger lower than 15V or does the Macbook know to only accept 20/15? I assume there is some brownout protection but it sounds like you were saying at the beginning this was done on the charger end.
I'm sure nothing bad can do if you feed it a lower voltage
either it realizes there's just a 15v charger and uses it as such
or it sees the magsafe advertise an 85w charger that's only putting out 15v and deems it faulty 🧐
if you try this out do let me know
You see this magsafe 2 cable, from what wattage adapter did you cut it from?
if I haven't mentioned it .. I have no idea anymore ☹️
I pretty much did the same with a barrel Jack to charge it with any 19v laptop charger...
Hello. Can a macbook pro mid 2012 take 18.5v-20v? I am planning to buy a usb c to magsafe 1 cable but it outputs the above mentioned voltage. I hope someone can help. Thank you.
should work, the big magsafe1 charger is 18v5 .. almost all the way to 20
Thank you so much!
I can't believe this. I bought a 45W anker charger which has 15V3A (The recommended profile for a MacBook Air 2013) and this thing sees 20V and starts drawing until the charger cuts out... Why does it take 20V, WHY! Funny thing is, the System Information says the charger is 60W, Which means 20V3A, but you're saying it even cuts your 65W charger... What's going on!
well .. if it sees 60W then yours should trip - I think mine trips because it was going for 85W 🧐, not sure
The default behavior of this trigger is to pull the highest voltage it can get, I think even the 45W USB-C chargers will do 20V 2.25A. There are more advanced triggers like the ZY12PDN that allow you to easily set the maximum (or only) voltage to 15V with a button. I believe there's also a version of this trigger that does max 15V.
there are triggers for everything from 5V (used one yesterday - in my disposable vape mining video), up to 9 12 15 and 20 ... the ZYs are nice but rather pricy
aliexpress should offer quite a few .. though the chinese often call them decoys 😂❤️
You can buy a MagSafe T or 2 to usb female adapter. Cost less than 10 bucks. Tested mine with a usb Gan charger. My old MacBook is able to accept up to 85w