Does the thickness of the case increase the heat byproduct of wireless charging?
Comment on Other than a faulty charging port, is there any reason to use a wireless phone charger over wired?
Nemo@slrpnk.net 4 weeks ago
So I can keep the waterproof case sealed.
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
it shouldn’t.
There shouldn’t be any heat at all from the signal passing through the plastic (It’s basically transparent to RF’s,). The heat mostly comes from the RF interacting with the metal in the receiving antenna and inducing an electric current.
MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 4 weeks ago
The extra space isn’t going to cause more heat on its own, but the phone is still going to get warm, and a thick case can prevent that heat from dissipating properly. A good charging design will already have taken this into account, and start limiting current if the temp gets too high.
The primary downside to using induction charging through a case is decreased power transfer efficiency due to the greater distance.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
The case prevents the heat from the phone (which should be the same) from dissipating so it can possibly build.
T156@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Although most phones made in the past decade will detect that, and suspend wireless (and possibly wired) charging if the phone’s circuits are heating, until the temperature drops.
ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Username checks out