Samsung Tablet Car Chargers Revisited

My LG takes the same power cord as my Tablet 8 so I use it for both however, when both the tablet and phone are charged I disconnect them until they're ready for more charge.
For me I believe it will extend the battery life and I have had no problems thus far.
Cheers

We stock a full range of chargers.

Possibly the best one being the 4.8A with voltage display.

Look here: New-Products



or the 5A cup holder type.



Regards

Derek from ABR

Hi Mark,

Until the experiences described in that thread 105046 I had not appreciated the pitfalls of USB charging. Many seem to get along without a problem but it can be 'The Luck of the Draw' as disclosed by the Silicon Chip article. I solved my Samsung issue by modifying a 12v/USB adaptor to suit the Samsung protocol and deliver 2 Amps.

Some care does not go astray with device charging from 12vdc adapters. I blew-up a mobile phone using a generic charger. Don't know why. I threw them both into the bin!

12V chargers specific to device brand are not too commonplace but here is a reference to one from Dick Smith that states "Samsung 2.0Amp Car Charger". I would not be certain that it is a 'Samsung' brand though. It may simply mean 'Suitable for Samsung.........'

One other thing to note....... these USB chargers are frequently described with a current rating of say '5 Amp' or '4.8 Amp' and have two or more USB sockets (as referenced above). In my experience the nominated current rating is the sum of the individual sockets and I believe that each socket should be marked with its delivery capability.

i use a $5 adapter from K Mart on my Samsung Tab2 for trips Albany to Perth and have had no problems. When tablet is charged use same adapter to keep Samsung Galaxy2 Mobile charged as well. Never had any over heating or similar.

Thanks to all who have replied. Derek's first suggestion has my attention and I'll be following up with him to get a bit more detail.

For those who haven't read the earlier thread referred to and have a similar device to charge it might be worth a read.

I also found this article useful. It's here

I gather several things have to come together to get a good result. One is a 5v output of around 2amps and the other is the device accepting charge at that rate for which a cable without data carrying might (sometimes?) be required. If the device sees the power source as data related it may only allow charge at 500ma - ie it treats the source as a computer USB and looks after it by limiting the amperage. Again, not my field, but even i can see that 500ma might not be enough to keep up with a tablet screen going full bore for GPS use when the charge rate can be 2amp or more. That said Kevmac seems to have found a winner without too much drama.

Allan, thanks for the steer to the Dick Smith line. It's a single USB product and I'd prefer to pay for a dual if I can get one to do the same job.

Cheers
Mark