Would using 80w charger damage my iPad?
If I use any Android charger e.g- 80 watts OnePlus power adaptor to charge my iPad 10th gen, will it cost my iPads battery health???
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Your iPad will only draw the power that it requires to charge the iPad. However, you do need to consider compatibility of the Power Adapter with your iPad. Your iPad10 will have been supplied with a 20W USB Power Adapter - this being ideal to charge your iPad.
Most models of iPad require a Power Adapter rated at 12W (i.e., 2.4A @5V) or greater to reliably charge.
Apple’s current range of Power Adapter’s, including those intended for Mac computers, support USB PD (Power Delivery). USB PD is an active protocol; the source (Power Adapter) and sink/load (in this case, your iPad) “negotiate” and agree a common Power Profile that will determine the charging voltage that will be applied.
For non-PD compliant devices - or compliant devices that fail to negotiate a mutually supported Power Profile - the Power Adapter will only supply the standard USB 5V at a reduced current. This mechanism ensures that the higher charging voltages not supported by non-PD devices are not damaged by an over-voltage condition.
Some third-party USB-C power adapters (and portable PowerBanks) may not support USB PD (Power Delivery). Power Delivery mutually negotiates the charging voltage; the source, load and cable are all elements involved in the negotiation protocol. Unless the Power Adapter explicitly supports USB PD, it will almost certainly fail to charge the iPad; proprietary charging standards, such as QC (Quick Charge), are not supported.
A compatible high-power USB Power Adapter is completely safe to use with your iPad; providing that the Power Adapter itself is healthy, it will not cause any issues whatsoever. That said, if a fault were to occur, the Power Adapter has the capacity to cause considerable damage to low-power electronics.
