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To: Swordmaker

“3rd party charger” . . . like the USB port on a computer, for example?


6 posted on 05/15/2015 11:49:17 PM PDT by RansomOttawa (tm)
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To: RansomOttawa
“3rd party charger” . . . like the USB port on a computer, for example?

Nope, those are pretty limited to putting out what is specified. . . but a 110 to 5V 1amp DC charger is by no means guaranteed to put out 5V at 1amp. The computer has a switching power supply. . . and will always have 5V at 1amp DC on the logic board. . . or it will burn out itself. Often 3rd party chargers are junk transformers that just have a DC output at 5V, and not much control of the amperage or voltage. ZAAAP!

7 posted on 05/16/2015 12:28:06 AM PDT by Swordmaker ( This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users contnue...)
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To: RansomOttawa

No, like a 1” cube 110V AC to 5V DC converter. Per an article somewhere that does a detailed analysis, Apple’s is a marvel of compact & safety engineering, while the cheap knockoffs are high voltage disasters waiting to happen - and in this case did.


10 posted on 05/16/2015 4:03:45 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (Hillary:polarizing/calculating/disingenuous/insincere/ambitious/inevitable/entitled/overconfident/se)
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