I feel I can summarise the 100w adapter “consensus” you mentioned before as a desire to eliminate the Frameworks need to lean on the battery in times of high energy demand. This would be mostly during the 28 second boost under intensive CPU load and or using the Framework to charge multiple devices at the same time as well as an intensive CPU/GPU load.
100w is the recommended power for use in “desktop” mode (without a battery connected) because it will cover the spikes in energy demand that the 60w would use the battery for. Most users would never expereice in there daily usage.
I was looking into the Framework vs other recommend power adapter brands myself. I want to cut down on weight in my backpack.
I would like to have a multi port adapter so that I also can charge my phone at a reasonable speed and a headset with less power demands. I noticed that Ugreen had a 160Watt option with two USB C ports that can deliver 65 Watt and 2 ports with less wattage. Ugreen 160 watt charger
I have a few questions:
Can framework 13 laptops charge at a higher wattage than 65 Watt and if so does anybody have suggestions for a charger?
I read that framework laptops can charge from all ports… What happens if I connect a charger to two or more ports? Will it charge (faster) or do I get magic smoke? serious use case, connecting a docking station or monitor while still having the charger connected. My monitor can charge a bit but does not really charge my work Surface laptop.
No magic smoke, there would be piles of dead laptops if it couldn’t handle that. The Framework is supposed to choose the highest wattage source, and then it will draw from that solely. Combining power from two entirely separate modern switch mode power supplies is really hard, it seems.