David Lock

No not the fun ones made by Dodge but the bloody things that we all have to charge a myriad of small items from phones through to power tools and kids stuff.......

Now I am not the best organised person in the world and have recently moved house and changed offices. I am now in the process of matching up a box of chargers with the stuff they go with. Driving me mad. My own fault, as every time I get something new I tell myself to stick a label on the plug saying what it's for but never actually get around to it. Their saving grace is that they mostly have a unique size which will only plug into what they are intended for but I am going to get this wrong one day and blow something up. I look in vain at the charger hoping it will say "For Nokia Phone" or whatever but they never do

It just seems to get worse - is there any hope?

dl

CREWJ

Other than a good memory or experience it's hard.

As you say, start putting labels one.

boxst

For mobile phones there is supposed to be a directive to make them all the same. I think they setted on Mini-USB? Although Apple of course have completely ignored this ...

Jamz3k

A few years ago, I lost the charger of my fantastic I-River IHP140. My work colleague was confident he had one that would suit it and fried the life of the thing. Never have forgiven him......!

Snazy

Micro USB seems to fit everything I have these days, suits me. I got chargers for everything all tangled up all over the place, time to bin them

alcazar

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Do like I do for the keys to our French property: dab of coloured paint on the lock, matching dab on the correct key.

Helps the neighbours no end if they have to let the leccy man in, etc.

Leslie

Look at the voltage output of the charger-it should be written on it, and then check the item's paperwork to see what voltage it operates on, and then you can match the charger to the item.

You can also check the voltages of the batteries used in the item.

Then label it!

Les

speedking

To be fair, my TomTom and Nokia chargers have the name moulded in the plug.

JackClark

Everything should charge from USB, why supply a charger when you can supply a lead. USB is pretty much everywhere from Ugly PC's to elegant Apple wall chargers.

Be careful what you plug into though, nasty things living in USB sockets were demonstrated at DefCon to great effect.

richieh

Is that why an ipad needs its own 'wall wart' plus dedicated non usb male end with a usb female end lead then Jack
cheers richie

JackClark

I use one of these and charge my other USB stuff with it.



IPhone docks and chargers are everywhere, the default.

richieh

Call me an old fuddy duddy if you want but it really annoys me having to need a wall wart charger that puts out a minimum of 2.5a to charge an ipad when a standard pc usb socket will charge an iphone,ipod etc, especially when as is often the case they both need a recharge at the same time(disclaimer-it is possible that I have too many mains powered items and not enough sockets )
cheers richie

David Lock

Ahem this thread is not about rich peep's toys Sod Apple gimmicks we are trying to help out an old chap wih a desk full of beaten up Nokia phones, old cameras, modems, battery chargers - you name it I have one (or several). dl

wayne9t9

This is what you need

ALi-B

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The dreaded wall wart.

I have these little black blemishes blighting every socket in the house, designed in such a way they wont sit next to another wall wart if used on a 4way extension lead

Ban them. Ban them all.