What would happen if you charge an MVP with itself

[Phinz]

This may not belong here but this is something I have always wondered. Since you can charge things like phones and such using an MVP, what would happen if you plugged the USB end into the MVP then the other end into the charging port on the MVP. It's not possible with the cord that comes with the MVP, but my phone charger can also charge my MVP and that cord would work. I connected it to see if the cords would fit with both plugged in at once, but I didn't try because I wasn't sure if it would damage the MVP. I know nothing that interesting would happen, but I've always been curious. I also know that it would use up the battery at the same rate if not faster than usual. Let me know what you guys think lol.

-Phinz

 

[Nermal]

Kind of like perpetual motion? I think it's neat.

 

[AmandaD]

So, where do you think it would get the power from to charge itself?

 

[dannyrl]

Funny enough, out of all my micro USB cables I have, none are able to fit into both ports of my MVP to try this out. The two USB ports are so close together, I can't plug something into both at once.

My guess is that it wooould charge itself, but with a slight power loss over time due to the cable and charging the battery (I doubt it's 100% efficient).

Either that, or the output voltage would be the same as the input voltage (voltage of the battery) and nothing would happen.

 

[Harlen]

It would get hot and may burn or just drain the battery ?

 

[Rolovis]

I did this once and it went great!

 

[Credo]

OP: If you really want deeper understanding of such a device configuration here's a good place to start reading
The Museum of Unworkable Devices

 

[boborone]

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[MikeChops]

And of course, somone has tried it...