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To: Paladin2

They jack up the voltage. Which I’m guessing that’s what the keyboard/computer use to report “charge”. If there is no current draw then it seems fine. Put a load on it and it will go down just the same. TANSYAAFL.


6 posted on 06/03/2015 3:06:43 PM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Gaffer

“They jack up the voltage. Which I’m guessing that’s what the keyboard/computer use to report “charge”. If there is no current draw then it seems fine. Put a load on it and it will go down just the same. TANSYAAFL.”

True, but in many circuits, that load might be measured in microamps. What might be a problem would be, for example, a temporary need for extra power (like Bluetooth transmission when most of the time it receives). A capacitor will help but it can’t perform a miracle.


8 posted on 06/03/2015 3:15:40 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day".)
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