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Default Advice sought on why 6.8A USB charger melted USB cable today

Ian Field wrote, on Tue, 01 Dec 2015 18:32:51 +0000:

Probably worth figuring out what the problem is before one wrecks the nice
shiny pad someone got for Christmas - or burns down their Christmas
tree


I tested it with another cable but same charger and iPad overnight.
It didn't get hot.

So, I think it's the cable.