# USB length. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 24, 2007, 9:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/usb-length/28191 "2007-04-24T09:22:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Justin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justin/32/7459_2.png) [@Justin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Justin)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 9:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/usb-length/28191/1 "2007-04-24T09:22:01Z")
How far can a USB cable be extended before it would be to long and have loss, or too much load on the device? ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 9:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/usb-length/28191/2 "2007-04-24T09:24:14Z")
I _think_ its something like 16feet for USB 2.0 ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 9:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/usb-length/28191/3 "2007-04-24T09:24:23Z")
I believe something around 5m, but I’m not entirely sure on that. Google probably has the answer. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 9:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/usb-length/28191/4 "2007-04-24T09:25:25Z")
[http://www.usb.org/about/faq/ans5](http://www.usb.org/about/faq/ans5) ---
**Author:** ![Justin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justin/32/7459_2.png) [@Justin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Justin)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 9:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/usb-length/28191/5 "2007-04-24T09:46:49Z")
thank you.