Deloptes  wrote:
> Chris Green wrote:
>
> > All I was originally pointing out was that it's (very) often the cable
> > is the issue when running a Pi, you can have a very capable power
> > supply but if the cable isn't good enough it's not going to work
> > reliably.
>
> might be true, but in my opinion it is exaggerated (I think it is the right
> word in English). A cable is a copper wire to help electrons pass through.
> What else can go wrong with the cable? It will just melt down :)
>
No, it won't melt, but the voltage at the Pi end will be too low.

As I said I found that about 75% of the cables I tried when powering a
Pi 2 B from a very capable power supply didn't work reliably.  They
didn't melt or anything, just made the red LED on the Pi go on and off
at random as the power required varied.

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Chris Green
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