# The Power Adapter **URL:** \ **Category:** Blog\ **Tags:** hardware\ **Created:** [April 22, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/the-power-adapter/927 "2021-04-22T14:49:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 81
**Author:** ![mvw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@mvw](https://community.frame.work/u/mvw)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/the-power-adapter/927/81 "2021-10-04T20:00:29Z")
So I did a little experimenting today. I have one of these power adapters on my desk, providing power to a few USB devices (monitor lamp, charging headphones, etc.): [https://www.anker.com/ca/products/variant/powerport-speed-pd-5/A2056111](https://www.anker.com/ca/products/variant/powerport-speed-pd-5/A2056111) Nice little unit. It also happens to have a 30W PD USB-C port on it, so I figured, why not see if it’ll charge my FW. Plugged it in and got a curious notification: ![audio_adapter_error](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/framework3/original/2X/9/9ce2dfff19056aee08d1db173298f8f38c7190b7.png) So it’s not charging the laptop. I wouldn’t expect to charge it fast, given the 30W output, but my understanding was that the FW _should_ charge with a 30W adapater, based on @nrp’s note above: > [@nrp](#): > > 30W should function as long as it is USB-PD compatible, but it’ll charge slowly and may limit peak performance. and indeed down to a 15W adapter, based on @Kieran_Levin’s post on the [USB-C charging](http://community.frame.work/t/usb-c-charging/447) thread: > [@USB-C charging](https://community.frame.work/t/usb-c-charging/447/3): > > The Laptop is designed to operate with chargers 60W+, but we can support anything down to about 15W Has anyone else run into this issue with a non-dedicated PD adapter (or any adapter for that matter)? Or am I missing some hidden audio functionality in my Anker power adapter? 🙃 --- _[View the full topic](https://community.frame.work/t/the-power-adapter/927)._