can high voltage damage your iphone 6s?

can high voltage damage your iphone 6s? .what is the effect

iPhone 6s, iOS 9.0.1

Posted on Apr 15, 2016 8:18 PM

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Apr 17, 2016 1:50 AM in response to provoked

provoked wrote:


can you tell me more about Apple chargers, what can charger do if there's a power surge or something electrical circuit, because i am new in apple 🙂 thank you

The charger is designed to work with up to 240 Volts. If connected to a much higher voltage, the charger will be destroyed, but the phone will probably survive, but you may not if you're holding the phone at the time.


It's a switching supply, and when those fail the output usually drops to zero volts. If the power surge is really high, such as over 1,000 volts, it could arc over to the output, but the difference between the two output pins could still be low, so the phone would not necessarily be damaged.

Apr 17, 2016 6:12 AM in response to provoked

The white brick you plug into the wall is not a charger. It's simply a power supply that takes the input power from the wall socket and converts it to 5V and whatever amperage it is rated to output. The charger itself, is in the iPhone or iPad itself. These devices use lithium polymer batteries that conform to international SMART battery technology specifications and the device itself controls its own battery charging.

Sep 20, 2016 3:06 PM in response to claudettefromportland

All you need when traveling is a plug adapter. The power supply itself is automatic universal voltage capable.


If you're going somewhere with iffy power (say a country or region where power is primarily from local diesel generators or just has a poor electrical grid infrastructure) you may want a surge protector primarily so you don't fry your power supply itself.

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