Newbies: Avoid using your ecig USB charger on your cellphone :)

[bladebarrier]

Yes, after much research, I've decided it wasn't REALLY my fault. The adapter should not have failed, because it never should have tried to supply my phone with more than 500ma in the first place. It was just cheap circuitry.

Incidentally, one of the things I like about motherboard is that Gigabyte has seen fit to exceed the USB specifications. The front USB ports, in addition to being able to charge a device while the computer is off, can put out more than 500ma. 1500ma to be exact! That's enough to power just about anything you could think to plug into it (according to this anyway...)Anyway, it's great for me as a vaper. Fewer adapters to keep track of.

That's a USB 3.0 mobo. Very nice. I haven't upgraded to 3.0 yet, as I don't have any devices that support it, but my next mobo will be sure to have it. The transfer speeds are obscenely fast in comparison.

 

[Chinner]

This seems like an excellent place to ask my charger question if you don't mind.

I just broke the USB cable for my Darwin. The original charger says:

Input: ac100-240v. 200mA. 47-63hz
Output: dc 4.5v-9.5v max 800mA

I have three other chargers, and was wondering which (if any) would be safe to use here. If you could just point out which letter options would be a safe alternative, I'd be most grateful! I'd love to use at least on of the wall chargers, and if the blackberry charger could work as a passthrough in the car that would be amazing!

Option A). Generic USB wall plug travel charger
Input AC 100-240
Output Dc 5v-12v. No Hz or Ma rating.

Option B). HTC mini USB cell phone charger
Input 100-240~0.2A. 50-60Hz
Output: 5v_~_1A LPS??

Option C). "celular innovations" USB wall plug travel charger
Input 100-240v. 50-60Hz. 0.15A
Output 5.25v~1A

Option D). (cigarette lighter plug only). Blackberry car charger.
Imput: DC 12-24v. 0.3A/0.15A
Output: DC 5V. 500mA. (5Vc.c. 500mA)

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this!

Dave

 

[DaveP]

Not wanting to be the one who causes "smoke" to come out of your Darwin instead of vapor, I'll refer you to this post. According to the guy who did the review it's just a cable that terminates in a standard type A on the charger end and a sub mini (common to cell phones) on the other. If it's just the cable you need you should be able to find one in a store.

if not, here's a link for one at a $1 price.
http://www.google.com/products/cata...&sa=X&ei=Svs5TsnPDfSpsAKL45Ua&ved=0CGIQ8gIwBA


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[Chinner]

Hey thanks for the reply!

I've since had an email from Evolv stating that the power is internally regulated, and that any mini USB charger would be fine to use. So for other Darwin users out there, if it fits, it will charge safely!

Thanks again!

 

[MackDaddy]

every usb charger ive ever had is a piece of cra*.......

ive quit using them after they killed dozens of batteries for my cell phones

if cell phone usb chargers kill batteries the cheap ecig ones will probally do the same

i always use a wall or car charger now

 

[markfm]

The iq dual usb 2a units sold by walmart online are pretty solid. I've used a couple of them for about a year, charging droid, running pt, etc. I had zero concerns having both pt and droid connected simultaneously.