Should Passthru work with usb car charger?

[rushcreek]

Hi all, I started vaping a little over 2 weeks ago with a little two piece E9. The flavor is really nice when all is working well. But I'm constantly charging the batteries so I bought a passthru for it. Works great on the computer. I bought a usb charger for my truck, but the PT doesn't work on it. Do I need to have a special hook up? I know the charger works for charging batteries.

Oh and I just wanted to add that I love this forum. I have learned so much! (Got an ego-T a couple of days ago and love the amount of vapor and the batteries last and last but I get no flavor, so I go back to my little E9 for the taste.)

 

[jjloupe]

The car charger must have the correct output voltage for it to work. It should be printed on the charger somewhere, 5.0 volts===1000 mA or something to that nature.

 

[rushcreek]

Hi, Thanks for the reply. It says5DVC, 400mA
Do I need something with a higher mA rating?

 

[rushcreek]

Oh and the little usb charger that came with my mini cig is 200mA. Don't know if that means anything. Have no idea what any of this means. Thanks!

 

[NorthOfAtlanta]

I use the vapor 4 life 5v 2000ma, they work great. Also a good idea to get 115v plug in for the house, they are cheaper then motherboards if the pass through shorts out.

 

[kornesque]

I presume the USB car charger works as a charger. Does the PT work on the 200maA USB wall charger?

 

[rushcreek]

Oh, okay that sounds like a great idea. I will do that. Hadn't even thought about having a PT short out. Heading to v4life now.
Thank you!

 

[rushcreek]

kornesque, Hadn't thought of trying that. Will do that now and see.

 

[rushcreek]

kornesque, nope. It won't work off the usb wall charger. the light on the end of the cig just flashes on and off, like it needs charging.

 

[juicejunky]

The car ones work at 1200 mah 5v for KR808 , the wall ones seem to need 2000 mah.

 

[rushcreek]

This is all very good to know. I have a lot to learn. This has all been quite a learning experience for me. Sometimes fun and some times very frustrating. Didn't even know what an e-cig was 17 days ago. But after 40 years of smoking over 2 packs a day I knew I had to do something. Have spent a lot of money on all this since starting but I haven't smoked and don't need or want to. This has worked wonderfully for me.

 

[rushcreek]

I hooked my Passthru to my iphone usb wall charger and it works. It won't hurt to use it will it?

 

[littlehart]

I presume the USB car charger works as a charger. Does the PT work on the 200maA USB wall charger?

Mine works fine with the USB wall charger for my IPOD...don't know why other folks don't work.

 

[Cool_Breeze]

I recently put 2200 miles on my 2000 mA car lighter adaptor and USB passthru.

 

[Andyhrn]

I hooked my Passthru to my iphone usb wall charger and it works. It won't hurt to use it will it?

Is it 510 or 808D-1 connector passtrough? What is mHA output on the charger?

 

[kornesque]

Yeah, that's kinda where I'm leaning too. It may have to do with the amperage rating of the source. Which explains why some passthrough mfg's insist you connect to a powered USB hub as opposed to a regular computer port. You don't happen to have a multimeter that measures amperage do you?

This is good discussion...I was on the verge of getting a car>USB adapter and now know that I'll have to do some digging first.

 

[Cool_Breeze]

There's quite a difference between charging and using a passthru. Charging is a relatively slow process at low current (low mA). Vaping through a USB passthru requires much more instantaneous current. I suggest a 2000 mA (2000 miliamp/2 amp) adaptor for vaping through a USB to car lighter adaptor. Lesser capacity should be fine for many charging situations.

 

[rushcreek]

my mini e-cig uses a E9 battery w/ cartos. I think it's the same thing as a green smoke. I read that it's the same as a 808-D2? My Iphone usb wall charger just says 5v and 1A. Would that mean it's a 1000mHa output? It's all so confusing.

 

[rushcreek]

Yes, v4life has the 2000mA usb car charger for like $10.00. Have to have one. Wonder if I could pick up one like that at Walmart?

 

[cowfodder]

Yes, v4life has the 2000mA usb car charger for like $10.00. Have to have one. Wonder if I could pick up one like that at Walmart?

Don't know about Wally world, but Best Buy has one that works great. It also has a second regular usb port on it that I plug my Evo into so it stays charged up all day.

From my EVO to your eyeballs!