Charging question....

[jdballard]

I needed to charge my DV8P at work and didn't have my charger. I know my Lumia 925 charger won't charge it so I borrowed a charger from a co-worker to give it a shot even though as best I can tell it's only got 1 amp output. I thought my DV8P required 2 amps to charge, yet it's charging. Am I off the mark?

 

[xandros9]

amperage can pretty much be translated to how fast a charger charges a device.
The Venue and other tablets use a lot more power and have larger batteries, so a faster 2 amp charger is recommended.

A lower amperage will still charge it, but won't charge as quickly, or worst case scenario, only slows the drainage of the battery.

TL;DR, higher amp is better, don't worry about your devices, plugging them into a higher amp charger won't harm them, they'll only pull what they need.

 

[wpfan86]

I needed to charge my DV8P at work and didn't have my charger. I know my Lumia 925 charger won't charge it so I borrowed a charger from a co-worker to give it a shot even though as best I can tell it's only got 1 amp output. I thought my DV8P required 2 amps to charge, yet it's charging. Am I off the mark?

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Pardon my ignorance, but why won't your 925 charger work for the DV8P?

 

[pankaj981]

The Lumia 925 charger does charge the DV8P

 

[jmshub]

I have charged my V8P with my Nokia charging brick, and I believe with my Samsung (Focus) charging brick, but I have other bricks that will not light up the charging light on my tablet. I'm guessing the threshold power is about 1 amp.

 

[jdballard]

I have no idea...but when I plug it in the light on my tablet never comes on indicating a charge. I never actually looked to see if it showed it was charging in the system tray, though. Maybe I just didn't look carefully enough? I'll check, but I've tried it a few times. I'll look to see if Windows recognizes it's getting a charge and the light is just not coming on.

 

[luv2skipow]

All my Nokia chargers charge my DVP8.

 

[BaritoneGuy]

I have charged my V8P with my Nokia charging brick, and I believe with my Samsung (Focus) charging brick, but I have other bricks that will not light up the charging light on my tablet. I'm guessing the threshold power is about 1 amp.

I too have used multiple chargers successfully however I never could get the iPad one to work. Something about the pin out on the charger and the OTG port on the Dell.

 

[jdballard]

For whatever it's worth, it's charging now using the phone charger. Don't know why it wouldn't before...maybe I just didn't see the light maybe it wasn't working then, but it works now.