Micro USB Car Charger

[spacast]

Micro USB Car Charger

Just bought a couple of these myself at 99p delivered from Fonerange at Amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fonerange-Ca...7549468&sr=1-1



They are advertised for Orange San Francisco Mobile Phone, but should charge anything with the new standard micro USB port.

[Black Sheep]

Thanks, I was looking for one of these and cheapest I could find was £4 at tescos

[JUDWAK]

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_t...All-Categories

[dieselboy]

What are you charging with them?

I have a cigarrete - USB female adapter in mine. This way I can plug in any USB cable and it also just blanks off the cigarrete lighter permenantly.

The reason why I ask what you are charging with them is because my HTC phone, when using it as a sat-nav consumes more power than what is available via USB charging. This poses a problem where at some point the battery will eventually run flat even when charging.

To work around this issue, I made sure I bought a cigarrette lighter usb adapter that is capable of supplying 1amp. I then opened the adapter and shorted the middle two pins of the USB together. This is how the phone knows whether it is connected via USB such as a laptop or via A/C. Now, when I plug the phone in, it detects the charging method as A/C and draws 800ma instead of the <400ma which is the max USB ports can usually provide. Now I can run sat-nav, stream MP3 to the stereo and charge the phone.
I used this one from Maplins: http://www.maplin.co.uk/micro-dc-to-usb-adaptor-274029

[spacast]

What are you charging with them?

I'm only charging a basic phone, but someone who bought one a while ago says "its a 1 amp charger. shows AC charging on my San Fran."
For 99p inc delivery it's worth a try anyway.

[dieselboy]

If it says AC then you're sorted! No fuss!
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