You’ve seen wireless chargers, the tech is now as common as the smartphones they power. But did you know that they come with a big catch? Today we go over the tech behind wireless charging and just how much it actually takes to get your battery full again.
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Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:18 What to know about wireless chargers
00:36 How does wired charging work
01:11 How does wireless charging work
01:47 Wireless charging issues and some solutions
02:49 Worst Case Scenario of Wireless Charging
03:13 A look at the Tesla wireless charging platform
03:55 Final thoughts
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In my experience, the usb c port on phones is more likely to get damaged and fail than the battery is. So, using wireless charging regularly is more likely to extend the life of those phone. Yes, it will take more energy, but it’s negligible overall. If I charge my phone wireless overnight, it’s only like 7 cents per kilowatt hour. If I charged my phone from totally dead to totally full every night (which I don’t do, but I’m being generous for this comparison), and the wireless charger I use consumed twice and much power as it delivered to the phone (again, likely not true), then it would take my wireless charger… About 33 days to consume a single kilowatt hour, which costs me… 7 cents. Wireless charging is better if you don’t mind it being slower.
Wireless charging for phones is more practical for short-term charges in your car or on your desk at home; I don’t think anyone is looking for efficiency there.
I will continue to prefer wired charging.
My charging port short-circuited and smelled burnt, so instead of replacing the port, I switched to wireless charging.
if the limit is 30’C while charging, even wired 20W will exceed that surely
My battery’s sitting at 36C just watching this video lol.
Learn to replace your own battery and you never have to worry about degradation ever again.