Re: USB Chargers
Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 7:15 am
Word of a warning... Navigator tablets and phones use quite a lot of power. And there is lot of cheap 12V -> USB 5v adapters out there. USB standard was 1.0A and now 2.1 to 3.0 amperes. Some tablets draws even more power and they have own power supply's to use, but usb cable is same for all of those. So I really recommend you find good quality usb adapters with high amperage for boat use.
Last summer we were cruising at new water with paper map at the nav table. Under our map was usb charger that provided power for navionics / iPad 2.
I started to smell electrical fire and ordered crew to check batteries and fuseboxes etc. It was quite a suprise when paper map started to blacken and it was a matter of seconds that we had a fire aboard. So lucky that we under way and not sleeping!
Now I have bunch of good quality 3.0A 12V->5V adapters for our and quest use.
Last summer we were cruising at new water with paper map at the nav table. Under our map was usb charger that provided power for navionics / iPad 2.
I started to smell electrical fire and ordered crew to check batteries and fuseboxes etc. It was quite a suprise when paper map started to blacken and it was a matter of seconds that we had a fire aboard. So lucky that we under way and not sleeping!
Now I have bunch of good quality 3.0A 12V->5V adapters for our and quest use.