Power is not a problem. The PI Zero needs MUCH less than the regular
PI (about 20% of what a PI 3 needs). 
I just want the cable length to be 0 so 25cm is 25 too much :-)

On Thu, 1 Aug 2019 17:32:39 +0300
Yehuda Deutsch <y...@uda.co.il> wrote:

> Why not use a 25cm / 50cm charging cable? it work for me to power
> raspberry pis before.
> Use a good quality cable, not those flat / thin cables, because in the
> newer pi versions I had power supply issues (at least that is what it
> said on the boot log)
> 
> Yehuda
> ------------------------------
> *Yehuda Deutsch | IT Developer*
> 
> 
> On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 4:55 PM Shlomo Solomon
> <shlomo.solo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I guess this is only "partially" OT because it concerns connecting a
> > raspberry PI Zero to a Ubuntu box over USB (USB networking).
> >
> > This works fine with a standard phone charger cable - Male Micro USB
> > connects to the PI and Male standard USB connects to the computer.
> >
> > But since I didn't want the long cable, I thought I could replace it
> > with an OTG adapter + a Male-Male USB connector. This DOES NOT work
> > - probably because the 5th pin of the OTG adapter is connected to
> > ground.
> >
> > My question: does anyone know where I can find a male micro to
> > standard female (or male) USB adapter that is NOT wired as OTG?
> >
> >
> >
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