Troubleshooting Can I use any USB wall (mains) power to charge my Kindle? - Page 6

lene1949 · 02-06-2010, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Your Grace

Thank you everyone for your help! Next question is, are you liking your Kindle?
Is this the thread for that please?

I love my kindle...

angelad · 02-08-2010, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by lene1949

I love my kindle...

Hehe, excellent reply

thinkpad · 06-17-2010, 05:50 AM

After having ran out of battery several times on my Kindle I've decided to order a wall charger for Europe directly from Amazon U.S.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002Y27P5K/

$20 for a wall charger isn't to bad but when I saw the shipping

$20 to Norway, that's just insane, talk about rip off.

Ea · 06-17-2010, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by thinkpadx

After having ran out of battery several times on my Kindle I've decided to order a wall charger for Europe directly from Amazon U.S.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002Y27P5K/

$20 for a wall charger isn't to bad but when I saw the shipping

$20 to Norway, that's just insane, talk about rip off.

You forgot the import fees, which is added on top of those 2x 20 USD - at least it is for Denmark (not sure about Norway, since you're not in EU)

thinkpad · 06-17-2010, 08:49 AM

You're allowed to import goods for a value of 200nok/$30 to Norway before any taxes is charged. But you're right Amazon charges me for the tax when ordering $10, but these money will be paid back. The total amount I paid was $50, quite outrageous when shipping and tax outweighs the price of the gadget itself.

Ea · 06-17-2010, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by thinkpadx

You're allowed to import goods for a value of 200nok/$30 to Norway before any taxes is charged. But you're right Amazon charges me for the tax when ordering $10, but these money will be paid back. The total amount I paid was $50, quite outrageous when shipping and tax outweighs the price of the gadget itself.

Don't you have to pay tax on the shipping as well? With 40 USD you'd be over the allowed amount. I think the amount we're allowed in Denmark is the ridiculously low amount of about 80-85 DKK.

thinkpad · 06-17-2010, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Ea

Don't you have to pay tax on the shipping as well? With 40 USD you'd be over the allowed amount. I think the amount we're allowed in Denmark is the ridiculously low amount of about 80-85 DKK.

In Norway you only start paying taxes if the value of the item exceeds $30, the shipping is not taken into consideration. So in this case the item minus the shipping is below the taxfree limit. However you're right that if the item exceeds $30 you pay taxes on both the value of the item and the shipping.

Stupid to pay taxes on the shipping but that's the way it is.

I thought we had it bad with a limit of 200nok 85dkk doesn't get you far.
It's been up for debate in Norway to increase the amount but no politician dare to change it cause of local merchants lobbying not to increase it.

Ea · 06-17-2010, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by thinkpadx

I thought we had it bad with a limit of 200nok 85dkk doesn't get you far.

Since shipping is included, the amount is so small that it's virtually impossible to buy anything.

thinkpad · 06-17-2010, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Ea

Since shipping is included, the amount is so small that it's virtually impossible to buy anything.

I feel with you. 85dkk doesn't get you very far. But your country is at least member of the EU, taxfree within EU. I can't even order a thing from Sweden without ending paying taxes

And to put it mildly EU isn't even on the agenda for Norway, they've got to much oil for that.

thinkpad · 06-24-2010, 03:41 PM

The charger arrived earlier this week, very fast shipping. I think its so much easier to use the wall charger than to charge the Kindle through the laptop so it was well worth the money. It's got a very small form factor and will be easy to bring along when travelling.

Ea · 06-24-2010, 04:00 PM

That's great

I've been using the US style charger shipped with the Kindle with an adapter - but that's a somewhat clumsy solution. I guess I really can't convince myself to pay that much for a wall charger (but then I often charge from the computer anyway).

jasonfedelem · 06-24-2010, 04:36 PM

I have a Blackberry Curve 8530 and my wife has a Palm Pixi. Both chargers work fine for charging my Kindle, and vice versa (Kindle charger charges them). Its so nice to have everything interchangable.

Warning with buying extra chargers - I have not had good success with the cheapo chargers you get from Walmart, etc. It seems that this is one area where the OEM products have a significant advantage over aftermarket models.

jocampo · 01-08-2011, 09:47 AM

Ok...

So...I read the whole thread and kind of lazy to check and review my old Engineering books ;-)

Cannot find my Kindle 3 wall adapter (I do have the USB cable though) can I safely charge my Kindle 3 or Kindle DXG with my HTC HD2 wall adapter?

Here are the details:

HTC HD2
Output 5.0 Volts, 1 Amps

Kindle 3 (I think these are the standards)
Output 4.9 Volts, 0.85 Amps

If I recall well, as long as voltage is close enough there should be no issues. But after reading the whole thread it looks like that could be not enough.

Thanks in advance,

JawsOnt · 04-16-2011, 12:20 PM

I've used my Nook Colour's Wall-USB charger successfully on the Kindle 3 (it showed full charge afterwards):
INPUT: 120-240V 0.5A
OUTPUT: 5V (-) 1.9A

That said - the Kindle had problems being recognized on my wife's comp. afterwards until a hard shutdown. It could be coincidental and it's just her XP box (I didn't try it on my box and hers is a bit of a frankenstein machine).

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06-17-2010, 05:50 AM	#78
thinkpad David Posts: 1,808 Karma: 8916183 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Norway Device: Kindle, E.Edge (sold), Irex Iliad (retired)	After having ran out of battery several times on my Kindle I've decided to order a wall charger for Europe directly from Amazon U.S. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002Y27P5K/ $20 for a wall charger isn't to bad but when I saw the shipping $20 to Norway, that's just insane, talk about rip off.

06-17-2010, 08:49 AM	#80
thinkpad David Posts: 1,808 Karma: 8916183 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Norway Device: Kindle, E.Edge (sold), Irex Iliad (retired)	You're allowed to import goods for a value of 200nok/$30 to Norway before any taxes is charged. But you're right Amazon charges me for the tax when ordering $10, but these money will be paid back. The total amount I paid was $50, quite outrageous when shipping and tax outweighs the price of the gadget itself.

06-24-2010, 03:41 PM	#85
thinkpad David Posts: 1,808 Karma: 8916183 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Norway Device: Kindle, E.Edge (sold), Irex Iliad (retired)	The charger arrived earlier this week, very fast shipping. I think its so much easier to use the wall charger than to charge the Kindle through the laptop so it was well worth the money. It's got a very small form factor and will be easy to bring along when travelling.

06-24-2010, 04:00 PM	#86
Ea Wizard Posts: 3,490 Karma: 5239563 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Kindle 3\|iPad air\|iPhone 4S	That's great I've been using the US style charger shipped with the Kindle with an adapter - but that's a somewhat clumsy solution. I guess I really can't convince myself to pay that much for a wall charger (but then I often charge from the computer anyway).

06-24-2010, 04:36 PM	#87
jasonfedelem Zealot Posts: 118 Karma: 202232 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Texas Device: Kindle Paperwhite Gen2	I have a Blackberry Curve 8530 and my wife has a Palm Pixi. Both chargers work fine for charging my Kindle, and vice versa (Kindle charger charges them). Its so nice to have everything interchangable. Warning with buying extra chargers - I have not had good success with the cheapo chargers you get from Walmart, etc. It seems that this is one area where the OEM products have a significant advantage over aftermarket models.

01-08-2011, 09:47 AM	#88
jocampo Layback feline Posts: 3,034 Karma: 6980745 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: USA Device: Oasis 2nd gen, Sony DPTS1, iPad Pro 10.5"	Ok... So...I read the whole thread and kind of lazy to check and review my old Engineering books ;-) Cannot find my Kindle 3 wall adapter (I do have the USB cable though) can I safely charge my Kindle 3 or Kindle DXG with my HTC HD2 wall adapter? Here are the details: HTC HD2 Output 5.0 Volts, 1 Amps Kindle 3 (I think these are the standards) Output 4.9 Volts, 0.85 Amps If I recall well, as long as voltage is close enough there should be no issues. But after reading the whole thread it looks like that could be not enough. Thanks in advance,

04-16-2011, 12:20 PM	#89
JawsOnt Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: Nook Colour (rooted), Kindle 3	I've used my Nook Colour's Wall-USB charger successfully on the Kindle 3 (it showed full charge afterwards): INPUT: 120-240V 0.5A OUTPUT: 5V (-) 1.9A That said - the Kindle had problems being recognized on my wife's comp. afterwards until a hard shutdown. It could be coincidental and it's just her XP box (I didn't try it on my box and hers is a bit of a frankenstein machine).

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