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Charging older laptops with a USB-C powerbank

jr_edge
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The future of charging mobile devices will be based on the USB-C power delivery protocol.

I was thinking of buying a USB-C powerpack which I could use to charge my (3+ years old) Asus Zenbook - and future devices.

This gives a problem in that my current Zenbook is charged via a 19Volts DC barrel jack size 4mm/1.3mm. Standard charger has 65 watt capacity.

There are devices available called trigger modules connected
**  input to the USB-C charger (or powerpack)
** output to a conventional DC power jack.
The trigger module handles the handshaking to the USB-C charger and can select any of 5, 9, 12 15 and 20 volts. Sometimes called ZY12PDN devices.

Does anyone have any experience of using such a module? Out of box it would be delivering 20 volts which is 1 volt more than specified input.  Is that (real world) going to matter?

Interested to hear of anyone's experience here. Thanks.

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Falcon_ASUS
Moderator
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@jr_edge 
This depends on whether your laptop's connection port supports charging.
Please provide the full model name of your laptop so that I can confirm the spec of USB TYPE-C for you.
Thank you.
How to find Model Name 

The unit is Asus Zenbook UX-433FA.
Its charger is 65Watt, 19 volts, and connects via a 4 mm/1.35 mm barrel jack.
The idea is to use a USB-C power pack to charge the laptop by including a USB-C trigger adaptor. 
Google "USB-C trigger adaptor" - plenty of info out there which shows what these adaptors will do.

 

@jr_edge 
Unfortunately, the USB TYPE-C of your laptop does not support charging.
Sorry for any inconvenience it may be caused. 

jr_edge
Star I

You clearly have not understood my question.
Bye