Comment on Not buying a shaver from Philips again..
MotoAsh@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Make sure the voltage and power requirements are the same. Maybe the old one cannot deliver enough juice for the new one.
That’s one reason a lot of device designers go for USB C proper: it supports multiple voltages and multiple power levels, and in a way where the devices shouldn’t be able to pull too much power from a smaller charger. (assuming they implemented the spec and didn’t just use the plug, anyways) In theory, one smart charger could charge anything that sticks to spec up to 240W.
wjrii@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yup. Lots of conflicting guidance here, but OP needs to check the actual power requirements for each. If they’re the same, then okay, Philips were kinda being dirtbags with the plug. If not, whether different DC voltages or one feeding AC into the shaver body itself, then the bigger sin is not changing the plug MORE to make it more obvious they’re not the same.
MotoAsh@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Remember the good ol’ days where it was barrel jacks or raw terminals regardless of what the device actually worked with?
ahhh, those were the days … of easily breaking things.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.world 6 months ago
My favorite was devices that just said 12v X Amps, but never specified center positive or center negative.
Fuck you Sony, stop using center negative. It’s a crime against humanity.
Smokeless7048@lemmy.world 6 months ago
looks like the old charger was 15V, while, if the new one is USB-A its 5V
MotoAsh@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Ouch, non-standard plug for a standard power source? That’s almost worse. If only certain insanely rich companies didn’t do it as a standard practice even after the EU tells them to knock it off…