What voltage is the Car Adaptor?

[Blaze_au]

I am wondering what voltage the Xda car adaptor runs at?

I have a couple of Nokia car adaptors here that run at 7volts, even thought the mains adaptor runs at 5volts.

Is 7 volts going to fry my Xda II ??? :?:

[ednap]

I have a 3rd party combination unit. It has a USB sync-charge cable but also has a mains power adapter and a car accessory socket adapter both with a socket to accept the USB end off the sync-charge cable. So you can charge the XDA II by mains power, car, or USB port on PC.

Anyway, my point is the output voltage of the mains and car accessory socket are both 5.8v

Will 7v fry your XDA ii? I don't know but the cost of a compatible car charger or a 3rd part unit like mine is a lot less than the cost of a replacement XDA II :D

Ed

[ardarby]

On my AC Adapter, it says the output is 5V and 2A.

I'd stay away from 7V, it's nearly 50% more than it wants.

[Blaze_au]

I am wondering what voltage the Xda car adaptor runs at?

I have a couple of Nokia car adaptors here that run at 7volts, even thought the mains adaptor runs at 5volts.

Is 7 volts going to fry my Xda II ??? :?:

I am really interetsed to know what the 12volt car adaptors run at. If someone has one can they put a meter on it and let me know.

As I said above, the nokia AC adaptors are rated at 5volt, but the car charger gives out 7volts and the nokias seem to survive ok.

I'm not keen to plug my XDA in until I get a reading on the car charger's output..

[ardarby]

I don't have a car charger, but I can't imagine any reason why it's output would be any different than the ac charger.

[Rudegar]

if one are going to measure the volts out of an car chager then it's best to measure it while it's charging a device since volts when there are no amps being drawn are often higher then when the amps are being drawn

[john24]

the correct answer is min 4.8 - max 4.9 volts 2A :lol: