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I was charging something the other day and couldn't find my normal cable so I just used the first one I put my hand on.
I then noticed that the charge rate was much slower than normal (I have a USB ammeter permanently connected to the actual charger), the only thing that had changed was the cable. I had previously got the impression that for a given device and charger the charge rates could be distinctly different but never bothered lookiing into why. Fed up with the slow charge I found another cable, increased charge rate, oh!.
After digging out and trying several other cables it seems that the cables themselves have some influence on the charging rate.
Allowing for connection types and charge-and-data-capable vs charge-only-cables I had always assumed that one USB cable was very much like every other USB cable.
Apparently they are not.
I then noticed that the charge rate was much slower than normal (I have a USB ammeter permanently connected to the actual charger), the only thing that had changed was the cable. I had previously got the impression that for a given device and charger the charge rates could be distinctly different but never bothered lookiing into why. Fed up with the slow charge I found another cable, increased charge rate, oh!.
After digging out and trying several other cables it seems that the cables themselves have some influence on the charging rate.
Allowing for connection types and charge-and-data-capable vs charge-only-cables I had always assumed that one USB cable was very much like every other USB cable.
Apparently they are not.