It can kill not only your phone: four reasons for not buying a cheap charger

In order for a mobile phone to serve for a long time and not to malfunction, it must be properly charged.

To do this, you should choose a quality charger. Experts recommend using the original charger for each gadget model, so as not to pay for phone repairs later, itechua writes.

They name 4 reasons why the choice of charging should be considered carefully.

Firstly, a cheap charger can heat up the battery. This is due to the too high voltage that is supplied to the smartphone.

Temperatures above the critical level can significantly reduce the life of a working battery. The battery can also break down and fail.

Secondly, cheap charging can be with a low-quality cable that can break inside the insulation at an unexpected moment. It is known that low-cost cables use plastic and metal of very low quality, thin wire. Therefore, the plug of this accessory first becomes loose, and then completely breaks, but this is not immediately noticeable.

In the event of a short circuit, both the cable and the gadget can burn. If the cable resistance is high, heating and even sparking can occur.

Thirdly, low-quality chargers can fail in a fairly short time. The current fluctuations that start because of this cause damage not only to the phone’s battery, but also to charging.

Fourthly, cheap charging harms the gadget. Modern gadgets use lithium-ion or lithium-polymer batteries. They do not provide protection against too high a supply current.

Accordingly, in the event of a charging breakdown, the phone system will not be able to respond in time and make the current value safe. The most dangerous thing that can happen is that the smartphone may not withstand and explode.

wrote that charging from an exploding phone almost killed a child in Vinnitsa.