Anker 240W Charger / Power Adapter - Early Data
Added 2024-01-28 14:53:02 +0000 UTCHello, Attached is the data from the Anker 240W adapter that everyone has been waiting for. I haven't watched any reviews from others on this but I assume everyone likes it in general. It's good.
I looked at reviews and I couldn't replicate the issues of the 1 star reviews.
This answers a frequency asked question of what charger can do three 45W PPS charges at once, this one, easily. It won't be my daily driver still though since it's just way more watts than I need. The negotiation is like the UGREEN 300W, the top port is full power all the time, the others negotiate like a separate 100W adapter, basically it's a 100W Prime adapter strapped onto the 717. The performance basically lines up with that and that's a good thing. The concern is the durability, hopefully better than the 717.
I did manage to get it into a mode where the ripple was over 1 volt, of course I didn't capture the scope image and was never able to replicate this condition, so there's some oddities for sure, but nothing a plug and unplug doesn't solve. I won't mention this in the video.
I still have more testing to do on it. Hopefully, adding a new section on AC leakage current.
Overall, it's going to get the go for it in the video. It's expensive, it's heavy, but it doesn't overheat and shutdown. Anyway, let me know what you think. I know the graphs are broken.
Please wait until after video release to share the data if you feel the need to share.
Comments
Thanks! Yeah, I actually was getting complaints for including it. Too many numbers, or this is misleading and bad information... but yeah, it sounds like you use the data correctly which is awesome and rare. It is true about the noise. I am working on something with LED bulbs that will flicker with certain power adapters plugged in (really several at once). I don't know if it'll be video worthy or not.
Allthingsoneplace Channel
2024-01-29 13:28:14 +0000 UTCGreat stuff as usual, you're practically the only one publishing this kind of testing for the public. I personally have an interest in the VA or power-factor figures for each load level, which you've included in previous reviews, but in some recent ones you only include your PQS. I only have hand-wavy reasons why it really matters to me ... I think bad power-factor contributes to the noise imparted to the AC lines, and I like to think of the idle efficiency in terms of VA. I still trust your judgement and appreciate your testing, just want to give a little vote for explicit VA or PF in the charts. Thanks!
Pierce Lopez
2024-01-29 06:02:47 +0000 UTC
