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Default 12v cigarette lighter style in USB power charge adapter

On Sun, 15 Nov 2015 01:40:36 -0800 (PST), Phreedom Karess
wrote:

best way to 'repair' these cheap little things is to go to the dollar store and get another one.


I bought a bunch of those last year and gave them away with Christmas
presents to various friends. Then, I took one apart and noticed how
they were thrown together and how the sense wires on the USB connector
were shorted together making it a "universal charger". When I put a
1A load on it, and looked at the noisy output, I declared them to be
junk. I had to drive around to the recipients and confiscate my gifts
before the chargers blew up a phone or whatever.

I think you'll find these to be suitable replacements and yes, they do
cost more money:
http://www.amazon.com/PowerGen-charger-Designed-Android-Devices/dp/B0088U6OZY
http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/Powergen%20USB%20car%20charger/Powergen%20USB%20car%20charger.jpg
http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/Powergen%20USB%20car%20charger/Powergen%20insde.jpg
Incidentally, the "A" means "Apple", and the "NA" means "Not Apple".


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