In article , Your Name wrote:
In article , Daniel James
wrote:
In article , Nospam wrote:

in any event, the thread is about a usb charger which doesn't do
any of that.

Indeed, but threads drift ... it would be a dull world if they didn't.

I missed the start of this topic, but I don't know if anyone suggested
the cause of the cable meltdown as being the possibility that the cable
was coiled / bundled. Coiled / bundled cables can potentially over
heat, whether it's a USB charger cable or a wall power cable. The
cables should always be a spread out as possible.

Yep. If you don't know this, you work it out when you plug in a coiled cable
for a while and it gets hot.
Power cables on rolls have always come with the 'completely unroll before
using' (or similar) instructions.