Surface Pro Power Cable

[PartyDolphin]

Hi,

Will the Surface Pro accept a generic figure of 8 cable into its PSU?

Have a USA Surface on the way but hope I can use a generic cable instead of a USA to UK plug adaptor.

Thanks

 

[Talderon]

Hi,

Will the Surface Pro accept a generic figure of 8 cable into its PSU?

Have a USA Surface on the way but hope I can use a generic cable instead of a USA to UK plug adaptor.

Thanks

I would imagine it would as the power conversion is done in the power unit itself, how the power gets there is pretty irrelevant.

 

[jpw21683]

Hi,

Will the Surface Pro accept a generic figure of 8 cable into its PSU?

Have a USA Surface on the way but hope I can use a generic cable instead of a USA to UK plug adaptor.

Thanks

Yes, it works just fine.

The included cord is very short, so I replaced it with a longer one I had lying around.

 

[PartyDolphin]

Thanks for the confirmation. :grin:

 

[ElfNeedsFoodBadly]

I've run into an issue whereby the generic cord has a "squaring" of the cable just past the connector and the Surface adapter needs to remain rounded for additional depth than this cable. :angry:

 

[gangolfus]

You've got the wrong generic cord. You've got a polarized cord (cord cannot be plugged in "backwards") where the surface power brick is not polarity sensitive. Either get a non-polarized generic cord, or you would probably be fine rounding off the squared side of the cord you have with a knife.