Wanting a car-charger for my Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet pc. It nominally requires 5 volts at 2 amps. The chargers available here in Christchurch supply the 5 volts but fewer amps (850ma). Will this be enough to charge the device with? Slower?
I note the Tab will charge from a laptop USB port if the Tab is turned off. That's only .5 amps isn't it?
As d1 has said, usb3 can supply 900ma. If you just plug the tablet into a dumb charger, it will only charge at 100ma.
I found that a dumb 1amp charger plugged into a usb3 hub can charge at the full 900ma.
I had one of the telstra tablets and you could keep it topped up with a 1 amp supply, but if you let it run down, it wouldnt charge up as it really needed a 2 amp supply.
Yet another reply..
If you use that jaycar adapter, it may work, but some devices need to talk with the charger before it can charge at the higher rate.
My discovery was that a cheap usb3 hub from Woolworths did the talking and allowed faster charging. 100ma is next to useless.
Message received. I'll get one with the right amperage.
it turns out there's a Jaycar here in Christchurch so I might be able to get the model d1 linked to.
Cheers!