Fake Nintendo Switch charger

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[Jayro]

The colored brick was your first clue it's a fake, lol. They only come in dark gray.

 

[zizoom]

The colored brick was your first clue it's a fake, lol. They only come in dark gray.

I want to repair the original charger

 

[smileyhead]

I want to repair the original charger

You said literally nothing in the first post, so I'm gonna assume based on this statement.

Did you break your stock charger and order a knock-off in hopes of salvaging parts from it to repair the original? If so, good luck with that. The Switch uses a nonstandard charging protocol which makes using unsupported chargers and docks dangerous. Contrary to the philosophy of USB-C, neither the Switch nor its stock accessories are USB Power Delivery-compliant and only first-party accessories know how to ‘talk’ to the console properly and not fry it.

 

[LightBeam]

Is there a listing for the one you've bought ? I bought one on Amazon quite a few years ago and it works just like the official one. The listing made it clear it was meant to be a complete replacement for the Nintendo Switch charger, I compared the specifications to the official one on amazon and it was the same, couldn't do more or less

I see a bunch of « switch chargers » for the Switch on aliexpress or amazon and they are a few that are actually trying to be like the official one, even the one I bought was like ... 30€ ? Around that price. Maybe it's available on aliexpress for cheaper, but I don't expect something less than 20€ to be working LIKE the Switch charger. Might be fine for charging like any regular charger, in handheld, but I don't expect those to run correctly while docked at full power.

 

[zizoom]

You said literally nothing in the first post, so I'm gonna assume based on this statement.

Did you break your stock charger and order a knock-off in hopes of salvaging parts from it to repair the original? If so, good luck with that. The Switch uses a nonstandard charging protocol which makes using unsupported chargers and docks dangerous. Contrary to the philosophy of USB-C, neither the Switch nor its stock accessories are USB Power Delivery-compliant and only first-party accessories know how to ‘talk’ to the console properly and not fry it.

You said literally nothing in the first post, so I'm gonna assume based on this statement.

Did you break your stock charger and order a knock-off in hopes of salvaging parts from it to repair the original? If so, good luck with that. The Switch uses a nonstandard charging protocol which makes using unsupported chargers and docks dangerous. Contrary to the philosophy of USB-C, neither the Switch nor its stock accessories are USB Power Delivery-compliant and only first-party accessories know how to ‘talk’ to the console properly and not fry it.

Unfortunately I soldered and it didn't work

 

[Blythe93]

Unfortunately I soldered and it didn't work

You're better off buying an original one. Those knock-offs probably won't do your console any good in a long term.
I mean, I personally wouldn't trust any third party charger for an expensive stuff like the console is (along with its equipment).