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Magnetic cable just catched on fire while being tester under nominal load (www.youtube.com)
submitted 5 days ago by 1friend@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/usbchardware@sh.itjust.works
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Let me know what you think, but this cable straight up melted and catched on fire after being put up to its nominal power.

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[โ€“] firstHexodrome@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I knew that those cables were shady, but this result was actually surprising. It really went out with full fireworks.

[โ€“] 1friend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 days ago

It was surprising to see this happening so far into the video.