My Charger got damaged, Can I charge my Nexus 10 With other chargers? SPECS please

[CynicX]

I have some useful input actually,
The blackberry playbook charger is slightly higher voltage and will charge your device faster than most chargers. Used them for over a year now on phones like SIII with no problems.


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Nooooooo!

Lol, there is a lot of info you will find useful here.

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/all_about_chargers
Keep in mind these are lithium based batteries.

Think of electricity like plumbing. Volts is water pressure, amps is flow rate/current and ohms aren't important in this case but its resistance to flow.

Amps is what determines how fast the battery will charge not the volts. Volts is the amount it will be charged too, this is the most important part to look at when buying a charger. Most are 5 volts. Here comes my terrible analogy. Lol. Imagine you have a plastic two plastic bottles one is 5.2 gallons (volts) and the other is 5 gallons (volts), you are forcing 5.2 gallons into a 5 gallon container. While this won't kill a battery its certainly not good for it.

Amps on the other hand isn't as big of a deal. The device will only take power as fast as it can. Sometimes you'll notice some excessive heat in smaller devices which isn't great for a battery either but better then over charging it.

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For our tablets any universal charger should do the trick. 5volt @1.5-2.5 amp. 2.5 might charge faster if the device allows it but someone mentioned above it won't take more then a little over an amp.

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[CynicX]

I just put 87 octane in my car, im supposed to use 91 O M G

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Lol, not to keep calling you out and it doesn't really matter but my car will retard timing 5 degrees to prevent knock/detonation when using 87 compared to 93 octane. While not a big deal on a car driven normally I've seen many engine explode on dyno's from severe knock. (Knock is when the fuel detonates before the piston has reach the top of its stroke, higher octane = higher resistance to detonation)

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[Atiya]

Thanks mates...hope my nexus 10 lives to be a hundred

 

[devon hann]

Ya might want to look at the following.

Amazon.com: Nexus 10 Pogo Cable: Computers & Accessories

There are 3rd party vendors making pogo chargers. They charge a lot faster than the mini usb.

 

[paintdrinkingpete]

The voltage of the charger is the important part, and 5V is pretty much a universal standard for USB.

Basically, the power output from USB is regulated. The info out there seems to vary, and the specifications primarily are defined for use with computers (i.e. not stand-alone chargers), but essentially, USB 3.0 is rated to carry 5V (+/- .25V) at 900mA, but again, these rating are for downstream data ports. Then there are also specifications for "charging downstream ports", which can supply additional power with data transfer, as well as "stand-alone charging ports", i.e. wall chargers. Now, for downstream connections (connections to a computer or other host device) the specifications seem clearly defined, but it seems a bit harder to find any exact specification on the max output of stand-alone chargers, as I've seen it listed as 1.5 A in some places, 1.8 A in others, and even higher than 2+ A in others. The one variable that seems to remain constant throughout of these variations, however, is voltage, which again, is pretty always going to be 5V. This is good because it is the voltage of the power output that could cause potential damage to your device should it differ from that which the device is rated to handle.

So, to summarize...

When plugged into a standard computer USB 3.0 port, the most output you're going to get from a charger is 900mA (500mA if USB 2.0). Wall chargers can supply significantly more output -- most phones come with wall chargers that put out 1 to 1.5A, and microUSB chargers that come with the Nexus 7 and the Nexus 10 list the output at 2A. Because, however, all of these connections are standardized to provide 5V of power, it should not matter or cause damage to your device if you plug your phone/tablet/etc into a different charger, though the amount of time it takes to charge may change significantly depending on the current being supplied. Obviously though, you should always check labels to be sure and when in doubt, and use the supplied charger if unsure.

This is why many non-Nexus tablets use connections other than USB for charging, because it allows manufacturers to supply more juice to larger devices without exceeding the limits of USB standards.

 

[Tepora Laupapa]

i dont kno what happen to my tablet!

hi there! my husband got me this samsung tablet 3 for an anniversary gift and it worked well and i loved it! i charged my tablet 2 days ago and it worked fine! id only use it if its fully charged! yesterday wen i came home, i found my sister using my tablet's charger thru her samsung phone! i didn't kno wat she did with it so last nite! i charged it as soon as my tablet went off and wen i got up this morning i try turning it on but i won't. i don't kno if the charger is already damaged or wat! i also try charging it thru my mac book but still it doesn't work! wat do i do? pls i so want to fix it rite away! is there a lite that tells me wen the tablet is fully charged or wat? pls i need ur answer rite away.
:'mad:

 

[paintdrinkingpete]

Re: i dont kno what happen to my tablet!

hi there! my husband got me this samsung tablet 3 for an anniversary gift and it worked well and i loved it! i charged my tablet 2 days ago and it worked fine! id only use it if its fully charged! yesterday wen i came home, i found my sister using my tablet's charger thru her samsung phone! i didn't kno wat she did with it so last nite! i charged it as soon as my tablet went off and wen i got up this morning i try turning it on but i won't. i don't kno if the charger is already damaged or wat! i also try charging it thru my mac book but still it doesn't work! wat do i do? pls i so want to fix it rite away! is there a lite that tells me wen the tablet is fully charged or wat? pls i need ur answer rite away.
:'mad:

Plugging the phone in should not have done any damage to the charger...

 

[PlanetPluto7]

Any old charger is ok. Tablets require more juice than a usb 2.0 port or even a usb 3.0 port gives so hooking up to a non-wall charger would take days to charge. Look for a wall charger that can output the same or more amps. than a stock charger. 1 amp. is ok and the N 10 will limit anything bigger to about 1 amp.

 

[PlanetPluto7]

Yea one amp does it if turned off but takes a little longer. The tablet will stop more than one plus a bit from coming in. A 2 amp works the same as the factory charger. It will slowly discharge it hooked to a usb port and in use. A nice one is the 4 port Skiva wall charger. This one will output up to 4 amps total; 1 amp per port. Comes with a few heavy duty usb cords too. Amazon has them for $33.

 

[PlanetPluto7]

Not to confuse but there are "charge only" usb cable available that don't have the data lines active but can handle higher current better, less heating loss.

 

[nicobie]

Any micro USB charger or cable will work. However using the stock charger is faster. It appears that any other charger gets throttled back. Don't ask me why, but It's true. I have compared both many times. The stock charger with the pogo cable is the best set-up by far.

 

[ibmnasa69]

You can easily get the charger specs yourself; they are on page 3 of your owners manual.

A 3rd party charger that supplies equal or less juice (such as a cell phone AC adapter) should work. It just may take longer to charge the tablet than the OEM charger will.