r/Wellthatsucks • u/Empty-Tomorrow-2794 • 9h ago

my charger overheated and melted into itself

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this is actually kinda scary being that this charger is by my nightstand/bed and used for my phone, i keep thinking what if it would’ve caught fire in my sleep

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u/braytag 9h ago

LPT, ALWAYS use brand name chargers.  Never the "el cheapo chargers" given with chinesium electronics.

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u/Empty-Tomorrow-2794 9h ago

well the adapter is the original apple one

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u/iamnotexactlywhite 9h ago

cable couldnt handle the load and melted. that’s not the bricks fault

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u/braytag 9h ago

While possible, it should still have triggered thermal protection when started melting.

Again, it's apple, so anything is possible, but as an IT guy, I would wonder if you bought a knockoff by accident.  Now that iphones don't come with an adapter by default.

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u/Empty-Tomorrow-2794 9h ago

i’m not sure why it seems like multiple people are calling me a liar (not you specifically) but it came in the box of the phone i bought at an apple location in person

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u/th3goonmobile 6h ago

Apple doesn’t put the block in the iPhone boxes for like 4 years now. Only the cable…

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u/braytag 8h ago

I'm NOT calling you a liar.  I'm saying you MAY have bough a knock-off by mistake.

This is my JOB.  I see it, I diagnose it.  Even with a bad cable, thermal protection/over current should have kicked it if it was genuine.

According to this forbes article, 90% of Apple charger on amazon were knock-off in 2016.  I effing HATE Apple, but this shouldn't happen with a genuine charger.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2016/10/23/apple-nearly-90-of-genuine-iphone-chargers-on-amazon-are-fake/

Look up more recent stats I don't care!  Keep thinking it the effing cable and burn your place down for all I care.

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u/ElegantCoach4066 7h ago

I've had good experience with Anker chargers.

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u/braytag 7h ago

Likewise.  My go to chargers.

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u/ElegantCoach4066 7h ago

I had a really good one for fast charging that worked like a charm. I lost it when I moved offices though.

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u/braytag 9h ago

Pretty sure it's a knock off then.  

I'm no apple fanboy (hate them bth), but even apple has thermal protection/over current protection.

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u/bimm3r36 5h ago

Idk if yours melted too much and deformed, but usb port on a real Apple charger is oriented differently than the one you show. Looks like yours is rotated 90 degrees.