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Default Help me understand power banks.

On 04/11/2017 21:33, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Sat, 04 Nov 2017 17:32:37 +0000 (GMT), charles wrote:

It's the possibility that a low power output doesn't charge it at

all,
that's the problem


Certainly the case with my iPhone


Apple make products that are "fussy" about what they will consider to
be a suitable energy source for charging. Various combinations of
resistors between the wires an/or ground IIRC.


IME it's the cable more than the charger - very fussy about cables.
Anker have been the most consistently reliable non-Apple cables I've used.

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Cheers, Rob