Author Topic: What chargers are you using? (Read 5312 times)

theb · « **on:** December 27, 2003, 05:15:37 am »

Are you guys using the ER-72 charger that came with the Zaurus or another one? Since it was meant for Japan will it make my Z faulty. My c860 seems to have problems holding a charge. I charged it for 20 hrs for the first time and it seemed full but now it would just drain like nothing after each charge.

Anybody else having this problem?

ScottYelich · « **Reply #1 on:** December 27, 2003, 02:53:50 pm »

all I know is that my 5600 carger doens\'t work for the 700/760 ..

5600 says ouput = 5v 2a
700/760 says output 5v 1a

Scott

revdjenk · « **Reply #2 on:** December 27, 2003, 07:14:34 pm »

Try looking for an iPaq charger for a similar \"sized\" battery brain chip. I found an iPaq auto charger on sale at Radio Shack and since it also was usingthe same ARM chip as the 5500 and it worked wonderfully.

zbones · « **Reply #3 on:** December 28, 2003, 04:54:32 am »

the 5500 charger seems to work fine on the 750.

that is also 5v 2 amps.

Peter

Anonymous · « **Reply #4 on:** December 28, 2003, 05:04:03 am »

i use 5V 2.6A PSU from dead ethernet 10/100Mbit hub, just cut and sold cable from original japan Z PSU

sashz

coder101 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 29, 2003, 01:17:59 am »

I\'m in Australia so it\'s 240V for me. I\'m using a P to Go by Go Forward Enterprise Corp. I got it from brando http://shop.brando.com.hk/micropoweradapter_zaurus.php
Nice and small. Doesn\'t get very warm at all. It has straight pins so I use a travel adapter for Australia plug holes. I might bend the pins myself soon.

Anonymous · « **Reply #6 on:** December 29, 2003, 03:42:57 pm »

My 760 did fine with the stock japanese charger, but then I lost it a month ago. I\'m using an ipaq charger and a charger from peakcloudy off of ebay. Both work fine.

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Are you guys using the ER-72 charger that came with the Zaurus or another one? Since it was meant for Japan will it make my Z faulty. My c860 seems to have problems holding a charge. I charged it for 20 hrs for the first time and it seemed full but now it would just drain like nothing after each charge.

Anybody else having this problem?

Laze · « **Reply #7 on:** December 29, 2003, 03:55:59 pm »

Im using the http://www.shirtpocket.co.uk/cat/product_i.../products_id/96 - it cool and fits nice in my pocket - so i can sync and charge everywhere :-)

Prefect47 · « **Reply #8 on:** December 30, 2003, 02:39:23 am »

I was using a self-made charger (generic AC adapter @ 4.5V,1200mA and some cut\'n\'solder of the Japanese adapter) and it works great. Now I have the \"power combo\" bought from ShirtPocket (battery charger and extra battery unit in one). Only downside is that you can\'t charge the Z without having batteries in the charger...

Also, if it\'s possible t charge the Z from any computer USB port, why didn\'t Sharp connect that part on the provided USB cable?

Zuber · « **Reply #9 on:** December 30, 2003, 10:00:56 am »

Hi Prefect,

The standard Sync. Cable that comes with the Zaurus (C7xx/860) includes a pin input which lets you plug an adaptor into it.

If you look in the Japnese manual, there is a picture showing what looks like the Power adaptor plugged into the sync. cable.

I don\'t know Japanese, so it could say \"whatever you do don\'t plug in like this\" but it does seam unlikely

Anonymous · « **Reply #10 on:** December 30, 2003, 10:58:17 am »

Hi Zuber,

Well, that was kinda my point. If the Z can be charged from a standard USB port, why make the USB charge connector separate from the USB link connector? The ability to charge from a computers USB port would be nice (yes, I know it can be done with 3rd-party hw).

Also, what\'s the point of having two identical power connectors on the Z?

Prefect47 · « **Reply #11 on:** December 30, 2003, 11:00:05 am »

If it wasn\'t obvious, that was my post above. Geeze, what\'s the timeout on this board - 5 seconds? What\'s wrong with being able to be logged in all day long? :roll:

Zuber · « **Reply #12 on:** December 30, 2003, 11:07:53 am »

Now you have lost me.

Sometimes you want to take you Z with you and you take your power supply because it might need charging. Most places/companies etc. will not complain if you ask to use one of the mains sockets.

Might start getting suspicious if you connect to one of their PCs just to charge your device. Sorry but you are not allowed to connect to our network blah blah blah...

Others you might want to sync./connect so you take sync. cable.

Only alternative would be some sort of Y cable. fiddly and awkward when travelling light.

Might be missing something (not that unusual), but it makes sense to me.

Having the pin input on the Sync. cable is just for conveniance I assume. Only one bit to connect/disconnect at your base as it were.

Zuber · « **Reply #13 on:** December 30, 2003, 11:11:29 am »

Forgot to ask,

what is your verdict on the combo charger. New item, so would appreciate some feedback. Would have been even better if it had a car lead as well, but other than that we thought it was a neat solution.

sashz · « **Reply #14 on:** December 30, 2003, 12:10:28 pm »

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Hi Zuber,

Well, that was kinda my point. If the Z can be charged from a standard USB port, why make the USB charge connector separate from the USB link connector? The ability to charge from a computers USB port would be nice (yes, I know it can be done with 3rd-party hw).

Also, what\'s the point of having two identical power connectors on the Z?

My USB/power cable:

[img]http://www.cacko.biz/~sash/slc7x0/usbpower.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" /]

just sold one wire :-)

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