Extending the USB power cable - Can you do it?

[PaulQ]

Can you extend the length of the USB charging cord using a regular USB extension cord?

Anyone done this?
Safe? Effective?

Thanks!
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[sonofdroid]

I have when I had an ipad. I had a ridiculous long USB extension and it worked fine. So I would guess if this worked with an apple product pretty much anything goes.

 

[RkyMtnHigh]

yes. you can even buy a coupler and a dual end usb cable. i believe there is a length limitation, but it is around 300' or so.

 

[cdf3]

I plan on ordering an extension from this site.
https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...y%3Fc_id%3D103%26cp_id%3D10303&token=u4Q3Ejp2

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[PaulQ]

Thanks guys! I'm going to get one....

 

[ShinyTop]

After reading the question I looked for and found a two foot usb extension cable I have had for years. Worked fine with my 10.1.

 

[markp99]

Why is the USB cable soooo short? 3ft is almost useless for me.

I can barely use while connected to my laptop as it normally sits on my desk. Forget about reaching the wall outlet behind my desk.

Adding a 6ft extension makes it too long! Arghh! Why not provide a 6ft cable Samsung?!

 

[cdf3]

Why is the USB cable soooo short? 3ft is almost useless for me.

I can barely use while connected to my laptop as it normally sits on my desk. Forget about reaching the wall outlet behind my desk.

Adding a 6ft extension makes it too long! Arghh! Why not provide a 6ft cable Samsung?!

The chord on my Acer was short as well. I'm not sure why they are making them so short.

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[dmcman73]

The chord on my Acer was short as well. I'm not sure why they are making them so short.

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The shorter the cable, the cheaper to manufacture.

 

[paintdrinkingpete]

Why is the USB cable soooo short? 3ft is almost useless for me.

I can barely use while connected to my laptop as it normally sits on my desk. Forget about reaching the wall outlet behind my desk.

Adding a 6ft extension makes it too long! Arghh! Why not provide a 6ft cable Samsung?!

The chord on my Acer was short as well. I'm not sure why they are making them so short.

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The shorter the cable, the cheaper to manufacture.

Bingo!

Seriously though, I'd be less upset about it probably if they didn't decide to use a proprietary connector in the first place.

I'm not sure about power, but I know for data over USB, it was recommended to use a max cable length of 16 ft. I least that's what I think it was when I read about it some years ago.

 

[RkyMtnHigh]

Bingo!

Seriously though, I'd be less upset about it probably if they didn't decide to use a proprietary connector in the first place.

I'm not sure about power, but I know for data over USB, it was recommended to use a max cable length of 16 ft. I least that's what I think it was when I read about it some years ago.

16' is probably the right answer. I said 300' but that is for a CAT V cable on ethernet.

 

[PaulQ]

FAIL. I bought a USB extension cable and it didn't work. Is there some extra special kind of extension cable i should buy??