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Originally Posted by knc1
The Amazon "wall charger" is not a "charger" in the sense you are reading about them. They are only a source of 5 volt dc.
You will not be connecting the "charger" to the battery, you will be connecting it to the USB connection on the Kindle.
Inside, between the dc power and the battery is a fairly sophisticated power management circuit.
"fairly" does not fully deal with the things that can happen to a Li-po battery.
Which is the reason behind the low level temperature use - it "tweaks" the battery management system to correctly charge an over-discharged battery.
PS: The RC model world and the original RC drones once upon a time used "bare" Li-po batteries.
Thus the warning you have read about.
At least in the USA, all Li-po batteries sold in this country have included at least minimal battery management built in.
The Kindle has such controlled batteries PLUS the Freescale power management system (which you are tweaking).
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Ah ... actually, that's
way more reassuring!
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Relax. Your ice cream will not be blown up by the Kindle.
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Actually, I fear for the loss of the Kindle more than the ice cream!
P.S. Sometimes, it racks up enough power to get me to
diags. Does it charge (better/quicker/anything at all) while in there?
I also noticed the option
H) Adjust battery while there.
It shows the battery percentage and whether it's acceptable for "shipping mode".
When the battery level is < 75%, it reports "charging" and the rate (at which it does?)
However, when the battery is more than that, the orange LED turns off as long as I'm on that page, and the page reports:
Charger Mode: Off.
Any thoughts?