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Re: Small Cylinder In Your Laptop Charger: Ever Wondered What It Is For (afriwap) by Nobody: 4:06am On May 04, 2016

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Re: Small Cylinder In Your Laptop Charger: Ever Wondered What It Is For (afriwap) by femi4: 4:13am On May 04, 2016

franktolk:
OP ...pls that's object is not cylindrical but rectangular . You got me a little confused when you said "cylinder" until I saw the picture .
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Anyway ...it's a very informative and educative write up . Thumbs up !

Its cylindrical. Its long, smooth and round

Re: Small Cylinder In Your Laptop Charger: Ever Wondered What It Is For (afriwap) by franktolk(m): 7:14am On May 04, 2016

femi4:
Its cylindrical. Its long, smooth and round

Sorry about that , I didnt look well . I thought OP was referring to the regular box . I can now see the small cylindrical object .

Many thanks .

Re: Small Cylinder In Your Laptop Charger: Ever Wondered What It Is For (afriwap) by nini007(m): 7:40am On May 04, 2016

timidapsin:
its not surge protector

Its called the Ferrite bead
A ferrite bead, or ferrite choke, is a simple hollow cylinder or bead that is made of ferrite material and that is used in order to suppress or filter the amount of high frequency electromagnetic interference (EMI) noise found in electronic circuits.
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Re: Small Cylinder In Your Laptop Charger: Ever Wondered What It Is For (afriwap) by kossyablaze(m): 9:55am On May 04, 2016

ladyF:
Chai it's not how it looks o. I'm so sorry.

hmmmm OK o... If u say so... Call me na

Re: Small Cylinder In Your Laptop Charger: Ever Wondered What It Is For (afriwap) by agent9(m): 12:40pm On May 04, 2016

It is even on my USB OTG cable

Re: Small Cylinder In Your Laptop Charger: Ever Wondered What It Is For (afriwap) by Nobody: 7:41pm On May 04, 2016

I believe its function is to shield the signal power fed into the laptop from stray electromagnetic field so as to prevent undesired interference with the functionality of the laptop.

Re: Small Cylinder In Your Laptop Charger: Ever Wondered What It Is For (afriwap) by ladyF(f): 11:31pm On May 04, 2016

kossyablaze:
hmmmm OK o... If u say so... Call me na

Are you awake now?

Re: Small Cylinder In Your Laptop Charger: Ever Wondered What It Is For (afriwap) by kossyablaze(m): 9:23am On May 05, 2016

ladyF:
Are you awake now?

I am o

Re: Small Cylinder In Your Laptop Charger: Ever Wondered What It Is For (afriwap) by MagnaB: 11:21pm On May 05, 2016

joey150:
well its old technology either way..modern chargers are smaller and thinner now...

Thanks for the very detailed explanation. Did you always know that? Or you just found out?

No its not old technology. The system still exists in new laptop chargers just that it has bin integrated into d power pack and made smaller this time around. And yes sire I am an electrical engineer and that's what I breathe. Sorry for d late reply

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