Question Problem with laptop adapter charger

[netmouser]

I'm trying to find a replacement for my LG gram laptop adapter/charger. This morning, with the power strip turned off overnight and my laptop shut down, the charger was pretty warm, actually a little hot, to touch. I had to press the laptop power on button for a long time for it eventually to boot up. After that, working on my laptop the charger was fine, only very mildly warm. I do emails and read websites, so low usage.

But I think it is time to replace the 2-year old charger. One from LG is a crazy $125 and not available now, says in a month (Maybe).

The Targus charger APA104BT is 65W. But only 60W is used to charge a laptop. That the extra 5W is to charge a second device. I read a lot that says to never use a charger that is less than the laptop requirement. My LG gram laptop is 65W. So it appears that this is not a good match for me. What do you say?

 

[COLGeek]

What specific LG Gram do you have? What is the wattage listed on the current charger?

Technically, any USB-C charger, with sufficient wattage should work.

 

[netmouser]

I have the LG gram 17Z90S. It came with the 65W charger. I read to not use a charger with less watts, but it is not clear if it is just going to be slower or has a danger.

 

[COLGeek]

It will just charge slower. Just to share, I have used a phone charger before to charge a laptop overnight (laptop powered off) when I forgot to pack the regular charger. Similar to a trickle charger for a car battery.

When I awoke, fully charged.

This Dell charger (or similar) will meet your needs:

https://www.amazon.com/Dell-USB-C-Laptop-Charger-Latitude/dp/B09GHV6G55

 

[netmouser]

Will check that out. Thx.

 

[COLGeek]

My pleasure. Good luck.