Battery life problems?? - Page 3

mba · 04-14-2010, 07:17 AM

Hi.
Finally, my device is charging up to 98%.
Previously, one night was not enough to charge at 50%.
My problem was that I'm in France and I was using an AC Adaptator that changed 220v to 110v, only because it is the only thing I have to adapt the edge charger socket.
I bought a socket adaptator that is not an ac adaptator so the charger get 220v and not 110.
And now, it is charging correctly.
I mesured the voltage that enter in the edge : in both case, it is 12.2v.
Maybe it was the intensity that changed.

anyway, it works now

.
Thanks.

Mike

sarah11918 · 04-14-2010, 12:59 PM

Glad it's working. I think most laptop power cables (and anything with a "brick" in the power cable) are designed to convert to the necessary voltage so that all you should ever use is just an adapter to get the correct pins, not a voltage converter. That's the general rule of thumb we use when traveling. We do travel with a voltage converter, but only use it for something like our coffee grinder that has just a regular power cord.

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04-14-2010, 07:17 AM	#31
mba Edge User	Hi. Finally, my device is charging up to 98%. Previously, one night was not enough to charge at 50%. My problem was that I'm in France and I was using an AC Adaptator that changed 220v to 110v, only because it is the only thing I have to adapt the edge charger socket. I bought a socket adaptator that is not an ac adaptator so the charger get 220v and not 110. And now, it is charging correctly. I mesured the voltage that enter in the edge : in both case, it is 12.2v. Maybe it was the intensity that changed. anyway, it works now . Thanks. Mike

04-14-2010, 12:59 PM	#32
sarah11918 Edge User	Glad it's working. I think most laptop power cables (and anything with a "brick" in the power cable) are designed to convert to the necessary voltage so that all you should ever use is just an adapter to get the correct pins, not a voltage converter. That's the general rule of thumb we use when traveling. We do travel with a voltage converter, but only use it for something like our coffee grinder that has just a regular power cord.

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