I have to say that a lot of the chargers and widgets you get are often crap. It is just the way of those things. I have seen about 6 of them, most with well-known brand names, fail in a short time without them being abused. I live 'off the grid' out of my van about 3 months each year and depend on those widgets to charge phones, GPS, bike computers, etc. I have a whole box of non-functional ones now and I always travel with a few spares because they do just quit.
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 8:34 PM, Dick Wong <sailingfc@dslextreme.com> wrote: > Bad adapter. > > Buy quality stuff, cheap stuff will cost you more. > > I good friend runs a GoPro Hero on his windshield, he powered it with an > aftermarket USB adapter. One day the unit would not power off, he ended up > having to unplug it. Checked the USB adapter and it was putting out full > voltage to the Hero. The Hero is fried! Now he only uses the GoPro > adapter. > > -Dick Wong- > 78 Scirocco > Original Owner > 87 Vanagon Syncro 2.5 (slightly crispy) > Third Owner > 12 Golf TDI > Original Co-Owner > > > On May 31, 2013, at 5:43 PM, Jeremy Stovin <jjstov@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > > > Hey all. > > > > I'm sure it's nothing, but thought I'd run this by you. Prepping for my > trip tomorrow, I took out this cell charger that I bought that fits into > the > cigarette lighter to test it out. It came with a USB cable for the older > iPhone so I plugged in the cable for the new iPhone. > > > > It did not seem to work. As I pull the plug out I smell something > burning. There is a little smoke, but seems more from the plug, not the > outlet. And it was hot to touch. I am assuming the charger is a piece of > crap and that is it. > > > > Is there a chance there could be something wrong with the lighter socket? > What could have caused this other than the charger being crap. > > > > Jeremy & Lola! Smokin' > > > > Sent from my iPad > |
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