Timeline for Can a more powerful charger burn something?
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| Aug 16, 2016 at 7:20 | vote | accept | Max | ||
| Sep 30, 2013 at 23:19 | history | edited | JYelton | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added warning specific for battery charging
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| Sep 30, 2013 at 23:14 | comment | added | JYelton | @Nick & Chris I addressed that in a comment but will edit the answer to reflect that, thanks. | |
| Sep 30, 2013 at 21:50 | comment | added | Max | I understood that 2A charger may burn. It was what I asked. I was interested if there is such risk and now I certain. Thank You All! | |
| Sep 30, 2013 at 21:45 | comment | added | Max | Can't find exactly same listing on eBay. But it seems 1A and 2A charger a most common and seller was telling 1A not 2A. | |
| Sep 30, 2013 at 20:49 | comment | added | Chris Stratton | Indeed, this post presumes that the word "charger" is actually intended to mean "Voltage Regulated DC Power Supply" - a common if incorrect usage. Given that we don't know the actual situation of the questions, it is entirely possible that the device being sought will actually be responsible for controlling the battery charge, in which case using a high current voltage-regulated power supply would be quite inappropriate. "5v" does suggest the power supply role, though not strongly enough to rely on. | |
| Sep 30, 2013 at 20:29 | comment | added | Nick Alexeev | @JYelton You are dangerously oversimplifying this. Some battery chemistries during some stages of the charge cycle are charged at constant current (CC charging). The charger is in fact pushing current. It will raise voltage to push the current that it's intended to deliver. If too small a battery is presented with too large a current, the battery's live will be diminished, and even more exciting things may happen. | |
| Sep 30, 2013 at 20:22 | comment | added | JYelton | They prohibit specifically a 2A charger? (Instead of prohibiting use of anything over 1A?) That seems unusual. Your power bank may need to be current-limited to 1A, which the designer may have done with charger that is specific to it; but we would need more information about it to make any such determination. | |
| Sep 30, 2013 at 20:16 | comment | added | Max | Thank You. Yes. Exactly. I also think I can use more powerful charger. But few ebay sellers in red printed that I can't use 5V 2A to charge it. I wished I have 1A charger. But all my charges are less or more. And I debate if there any risk to use more powerful one. | |
| Sep 30, 2013 at 20:14 | history | edited | JYelton | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added portion addressing usage of USB port
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| Sep 30, 2013 at 20:07 | history | answered | JYelton | CC BY-SA 3.0 |