What occurs if a mobile phone that only gets a slow charge is connected to a fast charger? Will it explode?
Even though you most likely have your own cell phone charger, there may be times when you need to charge someone else's phone while at their house or you can not find their charger but manage to find another one.
In this case, you have realized that the charging power is higher than what your cell phone can support and you are afraid that it will end up damaging or exploding. This has happened to us more than once and we will tell you what happened to us when we do it.
Considering that it is something that has happened on some occasions, or that you have heard in the news, and if it is the case with computers or other devices, you will be afraid that using a higher charging power will affect your mobile phone or cause it to happen. Something happens and in the end, we always recommend using the original charger with the same charging power or the one that already came with your phone if it is in the box.
And if it is the same charging technology, it is even better because this way you will get the most out of your phone's charging capabilities. Therefore, we are responding to a widespread fear, which is what happens if you use a charger with a higher power on your phone.
For example, you have a mobile phone with a 33W fast charge, but you can’t find your charger. Yes, there is your partner or colleague who has a 67W charger. Given this, you will hesitate and not know what to do. You may think that the phone will explode or the battery will be damaged. There is a lot of ignorance about this and fear can take over.
Even though the chargers have higher power, they adapt to our phones to give them the power they need. So if you think that will affect it in some way, it is not. It will not charge faster either. Don’t think that with a more powerful charger, it will charge faster or it may explode your phone because that is not the case. If your smartphone has a maximum power of 33 watts, that is what it will get from the charger even if it has a higher power. The same thing if it is a mobile phone with a fast charging of 67 watts or 80 watts; no matter how much you use a 120-watt charger, it will not charge with that power.
You don't have to do anything to achieve this because the chargers automatically adapt to the demand of your mobile phone. Of course, so that nothing happens to it, it must be an original charger or one that has all the necessary security measures for safe charging. It must also be a high-quality charger because it may have too high a power and cannot provide less power than that provided by your mobile phone. In this case it will not work.
For its part, whether it has more or less power than your mobile phone, you will not have any problems because it will consume more or less power according to its requirements without damaging it or causing malfunctions. You can use it perfectly when you need it, even on a regular basis, although it is always better to choose a high-quality charger that suits your phone.
In short, if you charge your phone with a fast charger that charges more than the charging power your phone receives, nothing will happen to it. It will charge with the normal power it usually receives, even if the charger is faster. However, problems may occur if the quality of the charger is poor.