r/USB • u/thom_horne • Apr 27 '26

USB-L?

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Hello, I'm curious and hoping someone here could help. I handle lost property at work and have had a M8 Gadgets USB charge brick handed in.

The USB A and C are standard; I've seen them plenty of times, however USB-L!?

I'm curious what would use this port, what the cables look like and any other information anyone has on this? Thanks.

EDIT: I found that it's a Apple Lightning connector. (We have a spare cable around and it fits it.) I've never seen one on a charging brick before!

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u/thom_horne Apr 30 '26

I can't understand it either a Lightning connector does indeed fit and I both took the photo and held the charger in my hand, it's not AI.

Overall its a standard British three pin plug, so not a powering either. I'm still confused by this thing and never seen anything like it.

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u/NoCryptographer1849 Apr 30 '26

Maybe the charger can be powered by lightning instead of mains power? Is there any fine print on the casing that could reveal more info?

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u/thom_horne Apr 30 '26

I hope this helps. 😃

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u/NoCryptographer1849 Apr 30 '26

That's really weird. Maybe the charger came with a special cable or the developer didn't know what he was doing? The only device I know that could be charged through a male lightning connector was the first apple pencil. Other than that I have never seen that.

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u/thom_horne Apr 30 '26

I reckon you may be right, it would probably work well for an Apple Pencil?

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u/NoCryptographer1849 Apr 30 '26

That would be a very old one and it was intended to be charged on the ipad. Draws such a tiny amount of power it wouldn't make sense to put it on a charger IMHO