You can :) But when a power supply/charger is made for a particular voltage it's usually better :)
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You can :) But when a power supply/charger is made for a particular voltage it's usually better :)
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.......................... ... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Valve Bounce
Maybe this is the idea I've been looking for that could make me a Billionaire :D
What's wrong with Dodge Chargers??
OH right...BATTERIES...right...oh well, quit bringing so much stuff with ya?? I have no idea what the solution is, other than a "universal" charger, and you can bet that would be a techinical feat....
What we really need is some sort of standardisation/aggrement between all the companies which make appliances which require chargers. Now if you had a charger that will automatically switch between 120 and 240 volts, and where the outlte is to a USB connection, then the popularity of such appliances would increase. You'd have one charger for all your travel stuff including laptop, phones, camera, shavers, toothbrushes, mouse, and even ski boot warmers' batteries.
Surely to goodness it can't be that bloody difficult to invent such a device.
Like I said batteries of different types need different types of power supplies. For instance I'm sure the power pack for your toothbrush is minute. But then again the power pack for a desktop replacement laptop will be huge. So why lumber someone with a huuuuuge charger for a toothbrush which will weigh a couple of kg's? :confused:
You can buy variable output power packs but they're usually unregulated and unregulated power supplies are more likely to kill expensive pieces of kit like your laptop :)
As I see it, it would have been easier if all the gadgets you take with you would work with standard accus (AA, AAA etc) that can be charged with one universal charger.
So next time you buy something, just think about this practical side of the things.
It won't be easy because today everyone will make their own special accu for the phone and for the camera and so on, just to be able to better market their product saying that you have to charge it so rarely that you will even forget that it has a charger to it!
valve, if you didn't leave yet for holidays than I have tipp for you:
Given that you take your laptop you might be able to leave home the 2 phone chargers and only take the data transfer cable for the phones.
Nowadays many phones can be charged through their data transfer cables plugged into the computers USB port!
You will still have to take the 2 cables (or one if by a huge mistake it happens that the 2 phones have the same type of data cable) but not the 2 larger chargers.
Thanks ioan, but my wife's Nokia won't. I will charge my Motorola through the USB port of our laptop.Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
I've had this problem too, just having to remember everything to take is just a pain, and it takes up so much space :\
Yeah! and I just realised that I have to buy adaptors when I get there. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Drew