charging cable heats and burns

maybe something is defect in whatever you connect the cable to

I've lost 1 apple cable since 2007 with the first gen iPod touch

and that was because the xwife pulled the cable when disconnecting the cable rather than pulling the connector

never had cables melt or become black being that ios devices charge by 5volts which could never produce that type of heat, unless the ac charger leaked 110ac or 240ac volt into the cable

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