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M1 16" MacBook Pro: how to extend power adaptor

Christopher11

Christopher11

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Tell me please, for the power adapter, Apple no longer lets us adapt the brick with an extension cord as in old ones? I have to plug this brick into the wall? What do you guys do to solve this? I don't understand why Apple would make it so difficult. Thank you for any help.
 
Extension cords come in a variety of lengths and colors, and are available everywhere.

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Christopher11 said:
Tell me please, for the power adapter, Apple no longer lets us adapt the brick with an extension cord as in old ones? I have to plug this brick into the wall? What do you guys do to solve this? I don't understand why Apple would make it so difficult. Thank you for any help.
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The extension is no longer INCLUDED but will certainly still work.

If you don’t still have one, there’s a link in a prior reply.
 
I use the extension cord that @kitKAC linked, but more because it's really important to me that the power supply be grounded and this is a way to do it. You can also just use a USB-C extension cable that is rated for 140W or whatever power supply you have.
 
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Thank you guys. I bought a 240w rated 10ft USB C cable. I guess I'll do this. Why oh why would Apple set it up so that we have to plug the brick into the wall? (unless you want to carry an extension a/c cable also) That takes up a lot of space, and it's more unstable- more likely to fall out in some cases from a vertical wall plug.
 
Christopher11 said:
Thank you guys. I bought a 240w rated 10ft USB C cable. I guess I'll do this. Why oh why would Apple set it up so that we have to plug the brick into the wall? (unless you want to carry an extension a/c cable also) That takes up a lot of space, and it's more unstable- more likely to fall out in some cases from a vertical wall plug.
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Most 10 ft USB-C cables are not certified because DC voltage drops very quickly. The ones that are certified are marked as USB-IF certified and relatively expensive.

The proper way is to extend the AC (wall) portion.

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You do realize, that ANY USB-C power brick above about 25-30W is basically "good enough" for M1MBP and will work? I use, for my M1MBP, depending on location, power bricks between 35W and 60W. With typical M1MBP consumption of 7 - 15W, practically anything is good enough. So you are not required to use relatively large and quite expensive Apple power brick which, thanks to its weight really does not want to stay in wall socket reliably.
You can use suitable generic USB-C power source which has cable you like. Amazon has infinite supply of these...
 
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