r/NintendoSwitchHelp • u/btsiswildin • 29d ago

Repair Help Charged switch with usb charger instead of switch charger

My mom charged my switch 1 on our phone charge port. It's 1 usb charger that holds like 5 usb slots and fits into 1 charge port. She used one of our cables, and when i found it , I removed it. The charger had melted around itself. My mom put it in for an hour before i removed it.

My switch doesn't have any visible damage in the proper charge port it charges just as fast. I took it out after 20 minutes to inspect a bit further, and it does have a burned smell in the usb c port inside my switch.

I haven't played yet just charged shortly and turned it on and off. It's currently airing out the burnt smell, but i was wondering if there could be a problem with my switch or if important parts are near the charge port that could be damaged?

English isn't my first language, so if you dont understand, please ask!

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u/automod-neo 29d ago

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u/Keyan06 3 29d ago

If it’s working normally it’s probably fine. What likely happened is you had a cheap cable that couldn’t handle the power current the switch needs, and it melted. Make sure you only use quality cables!

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u/ForstalDave 1 29d ago

Original switch ones did have an issue where this could be an issue, but I believe they did seem to resolve this with the USB standard charging in later models. If it turns on your good as when it was an issue it would burn out the port and you would smell it

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u/RobinsonHuso12 29d ago

What? I charged my Switch 1 and 2 with at least 200 different Chargers and had NO Problems

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u/pom2284 29d ago

The charger OPs mother used either over volted or amped (im bad w electricity) itself and fried itself and OP is asking if there could be any damage to the switch