Does the 5V in for charging need current limiting?

jwhitham

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I'm off to Glastonbury and would like to be able to charge my Magician while I'm there. I've got shed loads of 2300mAh NiMh batteries and four connected together gives pretty much bang on 5V (5.2V no load).

So if I just stuff that in the USB hole on the bottom of my Magican will it charge OK? I know that USB is only 500mA but the mains charger claims 1A. I think I can get away without a voltage regulator since the voltage is so close but I don't want it drawing too much current.

Any thoughts? Anyone tried this?

Cheers

Jamie