Kanget evod charger question?

[Benjamin89]

About to purchase one of these. Does it matter what wall adaptor i hook it up to or does it have to be of a certain amperage?

 

[Smoke_too_much]

It should be of a correct voltage with sufficient amperage. Try and find out what the specs were on the original and duplicate if possible.

 

[Chakris]

Are you in the USA? If so, the Kanger Evod kit comes with a power adapter designed to plug into any 110V wall socket.

If you are in the UK and AU, you'll need to buy the 210V adapter apparently available from Kanger.

Kanger E-vod starter kit

 

[BrotherBob]

If you really want to make sure you have the right spec's, It's always safe to buy the manufacturers recommended adapter.
If you want to save a few dollars, it might be less expensive to get a clone with the exact specifications (amps and volts) as the recommended manufactures adapter.
If you want to gamble, an adapter with less or more amps or volts is not a safe alternative.

 

[bwh79]

It should be of a correct voltage

If you want to save a few dollars, it might be less expensive to get a clone with the exact specifications (amps and volts)

Where do you people get the idea that there are USB chargers with output voltages other than 5.0v? Am I confused as to what the "Universal" in "Universal Serial Bus" is supposed to mean?

 

[David Wolf]

About to purchase one of these. Does it matter what wall adaptor i hook it up to or does it have to be of a certain amperage?

You should be good with a good quality name brand wall adapter to connect your USB to evod 510 connector, I believe 500ma to 1A is typical. The wall charger USB output is 5v and the kanger evod adapter output is 4.2v.

 

[David Wolf]

Where do you people get the idea that there are USB chargers with output voltages other than 5.0v? Am I confused as to what the "Universal" in "Universal Serial Bus" is supposed to mean?

It's supposed to mean universal specs? 5v but boy those current outputs of USB wall adapters don't hold to the "universal" 500ma USB 1.0 & 2.0 standard do they.

 

[Continuity]

...If you want to gamble, an adapter with...more amps...is not a safe alternative.

Using a USB adapter that's rated for higher Amps is perfectly safe because current is drawn, not pushed - in other words, if a device is capable of charging at 0.8A and you put it on a 2A USB charger, then it will just draw a maximum of 0.8A.

This is actually more optimal, as you're not constantly running your chargers ragged at their maximum rating.