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Usb-c charger overheat when I plug my Garmin edge 1040 solar why?

Jean-Gab
over 1 year ago

Hi,

I would like to know why when I plug my usb-c cable into my garmin edge 1040 solar the end of the charger gets extremely hot and it smells burnt.Too, it gets so hot that I'm afraid to burn my internal port of my garmin. I have tried 2 different chargers and 2 different wires nothing works. Also when I plug the garmin into the computer I get the following message:

Power surge on the USB port
A USB device has malfunctioned and exceeded the power limits of its hub port. You should disconnect the device.

Recommendation
Disconnect the device and click "Reset' If you click "Close", the port will not work until you unplug it and restart your PC.
Reset
Close

Thanks for your help in advance

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to dpawlyk

    Well, the whole idea of a USB standard is that the chargers, cables, and devices do not have to be proprietary devices from a single manufacturer. So I shouldn't need to have separate Garmin cables and chargers for their device, and other Samsung chargers and cables for my phone, etc. In any case, the 1040 should not overheat to the point that you can't touch it or possibly start a fire with a bad cable; it should refuse to charge.

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to wabeck

    So what?

    Again, how is Garmin going to know that some random cable somebody is using matches the standard correctly?

    wabeck said:
    it should refuse to charge.

    Would it necessarily be able to do that?

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to dpawlyk

    Yes, because if it has a proper charging circuit, it can measure resistance, voltage and thus amperage. If one of the first two is out of spec, it can withhold charging. Lots of devices do this. A Nintendo Switch doesn't charge if the connected charger doesn't provide the required combination of voltage and amperage. So does my e-reader.

    If the charger is low quality and has unstable power supply, it can lead to problems even with a good quality charging circuit in the charging device. However, there should be no reason a cycle computer has a burned charging port after connecting to a good quality charger and cable that are within USB spec (Samsung, Anker, etc.). The charging device, if adhering to the USB spec, decides charging speed via voltage and amperage. It doesn't matter if the charger can handle higher voltages and amperage, as long as it supports the combination requested by the charging device.

  • 0 11 months ago in reply to SpikySimonW

    Same thing happened to mine. In process now with Garmin support.