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| Thread ID: 122669 | 2012-01-06 02:05:00 | Blew up cell ph with cheap trademe car charger, what to do? | forrest44 (754) | PC World Chat |
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| 1252417 | 2012-01-06 08:26:00 | Could be this a White Label en.wikipedia.org For a matter of interest why dont you plug the car charger in and measure the voltage to confirm the cooking of the fone. :D |
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| 1252418 | 2012-01-06 09:51:00 | Just out of interest, what sort of car do you have? Most cars these days are negative earth, but if yours is old it could be one of the oddities that is positive earth, then that could be the cause. I'd lay odds that the charger is made for negative earth only. If it is any consolation, a standard USB cable refused to charge my Navman, yet it appears to be identical to any other USB cable, and in the end the Navman died. It also disabled the front USB socket on my computer and it needed a reboot before it would recognise a USB stick The Navman was still U/G so it was replaced and they gave me a wall charger with the new one, so I suspect it was a known problem. I thought any USB lead with the right type of output plug would be OK because the + & - 5 volt pins are always the same, but it appears that this may not necessarily be the case. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1252419 | 2012-01-08 00:21:00 | How bad can a crappy PSU really be? www.youtube.com | Agent_24 (57) | ||
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