Why dont we use dildo charging jacks?

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There are folks, that go to extreme measures to waterproof their boards. One such culprit, is the charge jack. Dildoes use an embedded magnetic jack, that is absolutely waterproof. Perhaps 10 to 12 s is the reason. But, magnetic attachment to an external stainless rivet would work a treat.

Why has noone gone this way?

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Oh my god lmao

I think the voltage level might be an issue but this is still hilarious to me that this is where the inspiration was drawn from

I’ve always liked the idea of a magsafe esk8 connector but no one has done it yet

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I’ve been looking at some magnetic connectors from china, but most of not all of them one handle a handful of volts at only an amp or 2. The highest power capacity I could find was 5V 3A. It would present the same issues as wireless charging (lots of waste heat and slow power delivery)

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Dildo mounting jacks are far superior.
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High end audio equipment is so strange these days

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Stainless steel has a conductivity ~50 times lower than copper, but those types of pins are usually copper bulk material with a surface coating of either brass or nickel to protect them

Ingress-resistant connectors used in sex toys, smart watches, and wireless earphones transfer in the order of 100s of mA. On the surface that’s not a million miles away from the 1-10A range of most PEV chargers, but most of our charger have large output capacitance that can dump a huge peak current on initial connection if not controlled exceptionally well. Some care would have to be taken with the mechanical design so misaligned contacts could never bridge neighbouring pins on the opposite connector, but I think most of the trouble would be

  1. The likely event of high peak current
  2. The impact this would have on the by-design small piece of metal making and breaking contact (both the chance of just blowing it clean off, and the very high chance of oxidising and surface damage that would lead to more half-made connections in the future and sort of snowball)
  3. Maybe the contact resistance even under ideal circumstances? I can’t easily find any literature on contact resistance or modelling of these kind of connectors, and definitely not at high currents. The closest I got is a paper on bolt on connections but those are at much higher pressures and contact area
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Here is a crazy guy that is using one for actual discharge power. It will work well, BUT, it is not internal, but still sexy.

How To Swap A Battery Connector (With Rosenberger Magnetic Connector!) - YouTube

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Damn the one time I don’t put loads of hey I’m not an expert disclaimers, looks like maybe those aren’t such big issues then? I like that thing

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