USB-C Extension Cable for Power Delivery

After seeing the impact a dual Xeon RX 580 GPU etc. Mac Pro 5,1 had on my electric bill, I’m spinning that beast up only when necessary! So I’ll be using the laptop slot I had built into my computer stand more and more. Which means having power cables draped everywhere from the grommet insert is less than ideal. So... 

The extension cable is necessary so I can have the wall wort plugged into the UPS on the floor and have an easily accessible USB-C female port I can plug a USB-C to USB-C cable, or for older and newer devices, a MagSafe cable, into, depending on what laptop is in the slot.

I currently have it hooked up to a MacBook Pro 14" M1 Pro via an Apple MagSafe 3 cable and can confirm it’s negotiated 19.5V and ~.25A (which is what it was drawing connected to a 67W charger USB-C to USB-C, no extension cable), so, yeah, it works. A simple setup but it’s just what I needed.

Klein ET-920 showing MacBook Pro charging via Anker charger, Faracent extension cable, Apple MagSafe 3 cable
Klein ET-920 showing MacBook Pro charging

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