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Is it normal for the laptop charger to spark when plugging in?

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 202689948 views
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All the laptop chargers I had until now sparked whever I plugged them in. This is true for my old charger (the bulkier / rounder Dell model) and the new charger (the flat Dell model) with two different Dell laptops, however until recently I didn't give it much thought. Then, in the last couple of m…

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A small spark is normal. The type of power supply on laptops is a switched-mode power supply. With this type of device there is often an "inrush current" that appears as a spark when the prongs of the plug first hit the receptacle contacts (spark us…

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