On Tue, 12 Mar 2013, Toby Corkindale <[email protected]> 
wrote:
> Seconded. I have had a nightmare month or two of failing USB cables, and 
> new cables which can't actually push full power through themselves.
> I suspect this is partly because I went around upgrading my USB power 
> sources from 500-1000 mA to 1000-2000 mA units, which is well above the 
> original USB spec.. but yet now quite common for charging phones and 
> driving embedded boards.
> 
> I'm currently having some success with 30cm micro-usb cables from Korea 
> that seem to work fine. I also have some $10 cables from Jaycar which 
> are annoyingly long (1.8m) but which otherwise seem to be built well 
> enough to carry power.

http://etbe.coker.com.au/2013/01/24/power-supplies-wires/

I've done some calculations about the resistance of wires for USB chargers.  I 
had to make some assumptions about the thickness of the conductors in the 
cables, but anyone who's interested can make their own calculations with 
different assumptions.

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